# Accident 20001226025239A: Robsin R22BETA, Manati, December 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2000, 21:00 local time
- Place: Manati
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N195HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195HC-2015-05-20) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001226025239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 26, 2000, AT APPROX. 2100Z, IN MANATI, PUERTO RICO, AN R-22, HELICOPTER FROM AVITECH, HAD AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FSDO WAS NOTIFIED ON DECEMBER 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300Z, BY PERSONNEL FROM AVITECH. IN THIS INCIDENT, THE INSTRUCTOR, JAIME VEGA, STATED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING INSTRUCTION WITH HIS STUDENT, MANOLO CARRO, HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. MR. VEGA STATED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND ON RECOVERY WHILE PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS. AT THAT TIME MR. VEGA PERFORMED AN ACTUAL AUTOROTATION TO THE GROUND IN WHICH BOTH THE STUDENT AND HIMSELF WERE NOT HURT, BUT THE R-22 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA049), Dec 26, 2000: Robinson R-22 Beta (N195HC), Ciales, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight crew's failure to follow procedures for a straight-in autorotation with power recovery that resulted in their improper use of collective resulting in a hard landing and substantial damage…

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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