# Accident 19930724025499A: Robsin R22BETA, Warsaw, KY, July 24, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1993, 14:30 local time
- Place: Warsaw, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7794° N, 84.8891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7794&lon=-84.8891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9021Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9021Z-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 (registry code 7640102, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 177 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930724025499A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW OVER LAKE WAVING TO BOATERS. PULLED UP STRUCK WIRES. CIRCLED LOST CONTROL. STRUCK TREES AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC93FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA138), Jul 24, 1993: Robinson R22 (N9021Z), Warsaw, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE WITH GROUND OBSTACLES, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH A POWER LINE.

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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