# Accident 19961214039419A: Robsin R22BETA, Lakeport, CA, December 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1996, 16:45 local time
- Place: Lakeport, CA
- Airport: Lampson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0396° N, 122.9308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0396&lon=-122.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8311A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8311A-2025-10-15) (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: 450 total, 320 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961214039419A

## Narrative

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

HOVERING IN GROUND EFFECT. STUDENT OVER CONTROLLED. CFI LATE TO ACT. MAIN ROTORS HIT. PLANE ROLLED OVER.

## 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 LAX97LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA068), Dec 15, 1996: Robinson R22 Beta (N8311A), Lakeport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and his delayed corrective action to the student pilot's abrupt control inputs, thereby allowing the main rotor blades to strike the ground.…

## Other reports on N8311A (2)

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

- [Incident 20150213001099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150213001099I), Feb 13, 2015: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (N8311A), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot [privacy data omitted], was on his first solo flight, and was hovering over runway 16, in ral airport and almost lost full control, of helicopter…
- [Accident 19950508010879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950508010879A), May 8, 1995: Robsin R22BETA (N8311A), Toano, VA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Returning at night to unlighted boat helipad. Descended into water 500FT short. Drowned. Victim night illusion.

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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