34.0093° N, 118.7966° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Malibu, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 20, 1980 · 17:40 local
Place
Malibu, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGPOD
Reported as
Robsin R22
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
339 total5 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Evidence indicates pilot caused helicopter damage and forced landing by careless maneuver at an unsafe altitude.
As the FAA filed it
EVIDENCE INDICATES PILOT CAUSED HELICOPTER DAMAGE AND FORCED LANDING BY CARELESS MANEUVER AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE.