# Incident 19830121006739I: Robsin R22, Santa Ana, CA, January 21, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1983, 14:45 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9070N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9070N-1997-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830121006739I

## Narrative

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

FLAIR MADE TOO LOW WHILE MAKING A STRAIGHT-IN AUTOROTATION WITH A POWER RECOVERY. TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N9070N (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960430008999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960430008999A), Apr 30, 1996: Robsin R22BETA (N9070N), Santa Ana, CA, Destroyed. Practicing autorotations then approach to stop and go, sink too high. Impacted hard. Rotors chopped tail. Rolled.
- [Incident 19911204057849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911204057849I), Dec 4, 1991: Robsin R22BETA (N9070N), Westminster, CA. Alternator fail light came on. Unable to correct problem. Landed in school field.
- [Accident 19900509015939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900509015939A), May 9, 1990: Robsin R22BETA (N9070N), Irvine, CA, Substantial damage. Gave student engine out but student mismanaged collective. CFI took over but rotor RPM too low. Impact chopped tail.

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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