# Accident 19870603080599A: Robsin R22MARINER, South Windsor, CT, June 3, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1987, 11:20 local time
- Place: South Windsor, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FVGA
- Location: 41.8237° N, 72.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Windsor, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8237&lon=-72.6212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2287L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2287L-1991-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER (registry code 7640115, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-mariner) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22MARINER
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 451 total, 451 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870603080599A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICING AUTOROTATION. BLADE STRUCK DUE TO LOW ROTOR RPM. AFT END OF TAIL CONE SEPARATED. CRASHED OUT OF CONTROL.

## 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 NYC87FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA160), Jun 3, 1987: Robinson R22 Mariner (N2287L), So. Windsor, CT, 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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