# NTSB Accident SEA04LA015
> **Schmitt (Rotorway) Exec 162F** · 2003-11-06 · Prosser, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA04LA015
- **Event ID:** 20031113X01898
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-11-06
- **Location:** Prosser, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.212223, -119.796112
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schmitt (Rotorway)
- **Model:** Exec 162F
- **Registration:** N6463S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's abrupt application of excessive collective and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student.  Contributing factors were the ditch and low rotor RPM.

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