# Accident 19981005028279A: Robsin R22BETA, Clear Lake, CA, October 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1998, 14:05 local time
- Place: Clear Lake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8790° N, 122.5497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8790&lon=-122.5497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801EH-2000-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,552 total, 1,081 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981005028279A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN IT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.(-23)ON OCTOBER 5, 1998, AT 1405 LOCAL TIME, N801EH, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING OVER AN OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF LOWER LAKE, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE IMPACT SEQUENCE AND POST CRASH FIRE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE STUDENT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT FLYING TO THE NORTHWEST AT LOW ALTITUDE, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, MAKE A RIGHT 180 DEGREES TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND THAN MAKE A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN AND STRIKE THE GROUND. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTY.

## 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 LAX99FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA006), Oct 5, 1998: Robinson R-22 (N801EH), Lowerlake, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to adequately supervise the conduct of the flight and the failure of the flying pilot to ensure that adequate ground clearance existed between the stinger/tail rotor…

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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