19841016066009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 · Tukwila, WA · October 16, 1984

Date
October 16, 1984 · 14:00 local
Place
Tukwila, WA
Phase of flight
Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9073N
Reported as
Robsin R22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total16 in this make and model16 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.

Student pilot operating solo was descending on approach, apparently turned throttle wrong way. Made hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT OPERATING SOLO WAS DESCENDING ON APPROACH, APPARENTLY TURNED THROTTLE WRONG WAY. MADE HARD LANDING.