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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Augusta, KS · July 15, 2000

Date: July 15, 2000 · 08:45 local
Place: Augusta, KS
Airport: Augusta Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N921KC
Reported as: Robsin R22BETA
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,500 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N921KCRegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETAS/N 2180 · Built 1992 Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22 BETA Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23)Student was doing a practice auto-rotation decent to a power recovery. The engine had quit during making a touchdown auto-rotation necessary. The fact that the engine had quit was not realized until the power recovery was attempted and at that point the helicopter was not in an ideal position for the touchdown. The instructor had taken over the controls and completed the touchdown autorotation to the runway. The landing was somewhat harded than normal causing the aft skid crosstube to bend and causing a small wrinkle in the mast fairing

As the FAA filed it

(-23)STUDENT WAS DOING A PRACTICE AUTO-ROTATION DECENT TO A POWER RECOVERY. THE ENGINE HAD QUIT DURING MAKING A TOUCHDOWN AUTO-ROTATION NECESSARY. THE FACT THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT WAS NOT REALIZED UNTIL THE POWER RECOVERY WAS ATTEMPTED AND AT THAT POINT THE HELICOPTER WAS NOT IN AN IDEAL POSITION FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TAKEN OVER THE CONTROLS AND COMPLETED THE TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION TO THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS SOMEWHAT HARDED THAN NORMAL CAUSING THE AFT SKID CROSSTUBE TO BEND AND CAUSING A SMALL WRINKLE IN THE MAST FAIRING