# NTSB Accident CHI00LA135
> **Rotorway EXEC 162F** · 2000-05-13 · ITHACA, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA135
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20956
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-13
- **Location:** ITHACA, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.28973, -84.599136
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Rotorway
- **Model:** EXEC 162F
- **Registration:** N962WM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the door separation for undetermined reasons and the foreign object damage due to the door impact to the tailboom and tail rotor drive system.

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