# NTSB Accident CHI98LA152
> **Read ROTORWAY EXECUTIVE** · 1998-05-13 · VALPARAISO, IN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA152
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10012
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-05-13
- **Location:** VALPARAISO, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.469364, -87.050956
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Read
- **Model:** ROTORWAY EXECUTIVE
- **Registration:** N4561C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot not maintaining adequate clearance with the ground during hover.  Factors which contributed to this accident were the pilot's execution of a hovering turn at too low of an altitude, inadequate preflight preparation, and failing to remove the transport wheels from the helicopter skids prior to flight.

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