# Incident 20000715034739I: Robsin R22BETA, Augusta, KS, July 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2000, 08:45 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921KC) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715034739I

## Narrative

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

(-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

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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