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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 ALPHA · Taylor, NE · September 6, 1991

Date
September 6, 1991 · 21:30 local
Place
Taylor, NE
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8561V
Reported as
Robsin R22ALPHA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total670 in this make and model15 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.

As pilot began transition for landing helicopter rotated to right. Hard landing. Tail rotor had failed.

As the FAA filed it

AS PILOT BEGAN TRANSITION FOR LANDING HELICOPTER ROTATED TO RIGHT. HARD LANDING. TAIL ROTOR HAD FAILED.