# Incident 19900508021029I: Robsin R22BETA, Princeton/Rocky, NJ, May 8, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1990, 22:05 local time
- Place: Princeton/Rocky, NJ
- Airport: Princeton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3991° N, 74.6590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON (39N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3991&lon=-74.6590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2446X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2446X-1995-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 630 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508021029I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AUTOROTATED TO GROUND. SUSPECT CRACKED OIL SUMP.

## Other reports on N2446X (1)

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

- [Accident 19910714027309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714027309A), Jul 14, 1991: Robsin R22BETA (N2446X), White Plains, NY, Substantial damage. High descent rate unable to make taxiway moved over to land on grass. Moving sideways at touchdown. Rolled over.

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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