# Accident 19980516009599A: Robsin R22BETA, San Jose, CA, May 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1998, 10:48 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Slope Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3295° N, 121.7694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3295&lon=-121.7694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2332G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2332G-2018-01-11) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 285 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516009599A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE SLOPE LANDING. STUDENT PULLED FULL COLLECTIVE ON LANDING. BECAME AIRBORNE. ROTOR DECAY. IMPACTED. ROLLED. (.4)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WERE PRACTICING SLOPE LANDINGS.  THE STUDENT STATED THAT AS SHE SET THE HELICOPTER DOWN IT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT, AND SHE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING BY PULLING IN FULL COLLECTIVE. THE HELICOPTER BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE MAIN ROTOR RPM DECREASED TO THE POINT WHERE THE LOW ROTOR RPM HORN AND LIGHT WERE ACTIVATED.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE TOOK THE CONTROLS AND RECOVERED THE ROTOR RPM TO 92 PERCENT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CUSHION THE LANDING BUT THE HELICOPTER LANDED HARD ON THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE LEFT SKID.  THE LEFT SKID TIP IMPACTED THE BERM AND THE HELICOPTER ROLLED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE.  THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PRIOR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS.                                   (-23)INSTUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WERE WORKING ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND HAD MADE SEVERAL PRACTICE LANDINGS ON A 10-DEGREE SLOPE.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE STUDENT WAS ON THE CONTROLS AND MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, BUT OVERREACTED BY PULLING THE COLLECTIVE.  THE HELICOPTER BECAME AIRBORNE                                    AND THE MAIN ROTOR RPM DECREASED TO THE POINT WHERE THE LOW ROTOR RPM HRON AND LIGHT WERE ACTIVATED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE TOOL THE CONTROLS BUT THE HELICOPTER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND 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 LAX98LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA160), May 16, 1998: Robinson R22B (N2332G), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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