# Incident 19960211006339I: Robsin R22BETA, Seattle, WA, February 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2627N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2627N) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211006339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N2627N, A R-22B, HELICOPTER ON A VFR FLIGHT OUT OF BOEING FIELD, HAD PARTIAL ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN PARAMOUNT PARK (NEAR SHORELINE SCHOOL AT 155TH AND 10TH IN NORTH SEATTLE). THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. PILOT IS SCOTT MORGAN WHO IS AN OPERATOR FOR CLASSIC HELICOPTERS. PILOT STATED HE FELT A SHUDDER IN HELICOPTER AND HE NOTICED THE ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE IN THE GREEN OPERATING RANGE. THE PILOT FELT ANOTHER SHUDDER AND HE LANDED IN PARAMOUNT PARK AS A PRECAUTION. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AT CLASSIC HELICOPTERS PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON THE HELICOPTER ENGINE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SHUDDERS. ALL ENGINE SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL (IGNITION, FUEL, OIL, COMPRESSION, ETC.). THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SHUDDERS WERE CAUSED BY CARBURETOR ICE. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICE. THE PILOT WAS REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE R-22B FLIGHT MANUAL WHICH PERTAINS TO CARBURETOR ICE.

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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