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Incident

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 ALPHA · Torrance, CA · January 5, 1990

Date
January 5, 1990 · 16:30 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8557Z
Reported as
Robsin R22ALPHA
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,000 in this make and model300 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.

Vibration during climb. Precautionary landing in field. Powerplant spark plugs were lead fouled.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION DURING CLIMB. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD. POWERPLANT SPARK PLUGS WERE LEAD FOULED.

Other reports on N8557Z · 2

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