# Accident 19910303003799A: Robsin R22BETA, Garrisonville, VA, March 3, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1991, 19:30 local time
- Place: Garrisonville, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4826° N, 77.4266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garrisonville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4826&lon=-77.4266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2632Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2632Z-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910303003799A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED FOG TURNED BACK AND FLEW INTO TREES ON FOG OBSCURED HILL.

## 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 BFO91LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA028), Mar 4, 1991: Robinson R-22B (N2632Z), Garrisonville, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE WITH THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC.

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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