42.2531° N, 79.5019° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayville, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 4, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Mayville, NY
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9079M
Reported as
Robsin R22
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total51 in this make and model50 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.
Overspeed failure caused by passenger accidently pushing throttle full open.
As the FAA filed it
OVERSPEED FAILURE CAUSED BY PASSENGER ACCIDENTLY PUSHING THROTTLE FULL OPEN.