# Accident 19850505016969A: Robsin R22, San Angelo, TX, May 5, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1985, 16:30 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Mathis
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83745, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83745-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 (registry code 7640102, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,433 total, 115 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850505016969A

## Narrative

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

EN ROUTE TO PRACTICE AREA. MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK AND SEVERED THE TAILBOOM. MANIPULATOR OF CONTROLS UNDETERMINED.

## 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 FTW85FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA207), May 5, 1985: Robinson R-22 HP (N83745), San Angelo, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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