# Accident 20000923014649A: Robsin R22BETA, Houston, TX, September 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0392° N, 95.5301° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0392&lon=-95.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7183X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7183X) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360J2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 722 total, 620 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000923014649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS SLOW CORRECTING NON-HELICOPTER RATED STUDENT WHO ALLOWED A/C TO DRIFT RIGHT AT A LOW HOVER. RIGHT SKID STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING DYNAMIC DAMAGE. (.4)ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000, AT 1515 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A ROBINSON R-22B HELICOPTER, N7183X, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE HOVERING OVER A GRASSY PRACTICE AREA ON THE DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT, TOMBALL, TEXAS. THE HELICOPTER WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY HELICOPTER SERVICES INC., OF SPRING, TEXAS. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1440 FROM DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT. THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE HELICOPTER WAS IN A 3-FOOT HOVER WITH THE STUDENT PILOT ON THE CONTROLS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT "SLIGHTLY" TO THE RIGHT. AS THE CFI STARTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING LEFT CYCLIC, THE STUDENT "ABRUPTLY" LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT SKID CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE HELI                                                     COPTER ROLLED OVER TO THE RIGHT. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED A GROUND IMPRESSION CORRESPONDING TO THE RIGHT SKID. THE HELICOPTER'S TAIL BOOM AND MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM WAS DESTROYED. THE CABIN WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD RECEIVED ABOUT 4 HOURS OF HELICOPTER INSTRUCTION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE HELD A COMMERCIAL AIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE WITH SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE RATINGS, AND WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANES.

## 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 FTW00LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA269), Sep 23, 2000: Robinson R-22B (N7183X), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's abrupt lowering of the collective. Factors were the student pilot's lack of experience in helicopters and the CFI's delayed remedial action.

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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