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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 · Georgetown, DE · November 18, 1987

Date: November 18, 1987 · 19:00 local
Place: Georgetown, DE
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8416J
Reported as: Robsin R22
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A2C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 430 total420 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N8416JRegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R22S/N 0359 · Built 1983 Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine failure in descent autorotating to a landing near a highway. Found number 4 cylinder pushrod housing broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE IN DESCENT AUTOROTATING TO A LANDING NEAR A HIGHWAY. FOUND NUMBER 4 CYLINDER PUSHROD HOUSING BROKEN.