# Accident 20000324009649A: Robsin R22, Rialto, CA, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 12:49 local time
- Place: Rialto, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 34.1181° N, 117.3836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1181&lon=-117.3836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8328Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8328Q-2002-07-27) (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 R22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324009649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. GARY C. CHILES HOLDS A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE WITH A RATING OF AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND. MR. CHILES WAS RECEIVING HELI TRAINING FROM UNIVERSAL AVIATORS ACADEMY, INC. LOCATED IN EL MONTE, CA, AND WAS ON HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM EL MONTE, CA., TO RIALTO, CA. WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WITNESSES AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE STATED. THAT WHEN THEY SAW THE HELI IT APPEARED TO BE AT A HOVER THEN IT DOVE TOWARD THE GROUND AND DISAPPEARED. THE ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE HELI IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A MILE EAST OF RIALTO AIRPORT. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE FORWARD MOMENTURM CARRIED THE HELI ANOTHER 105 FEET ACROSS A WASH AND CAME TO REST IN A TALL BUSH. MR. GARY C. CHILES THE SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. CLOSED, NO FURTHER ACTION.

## 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 LAX00FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA134), Mar 24, 2000: Robinson R22 Beta (N8328Q), Rialto, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8328Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19990914026739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990914026739A), Sep 14, 1999: Robsin R22BETA (N8328Q), Azusa, CA, Substantial damage. (.19) On septemer 14, 1999, at 1230 hours pacific daylight time, a Robinson R-22, N8328Q, made a hard landing in Azusa, California. The helicopter sustained…

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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