# Accident 19830108005909A: Robsin R22, Milford, CT, January 8, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Milford, CT
- Airport: Igor I. Sikorsky
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9017Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,175 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830108005909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY DURING DESCENT TO DESTINATION. UNABLE TO RECOVER. LANDED IN A STREET. ROTORS HIT A POLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA052), Jan 8, 1983: Robinson R22 (N9017Y), Milford, CT, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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