# Accident 20010127000359A: Robsin R22BETA, Long Beach, MS, January 27, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Long Beach, MS
- Airport: Vortex Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3609° N, 89.1606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3609&lon=-89.1606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N128PH-2001-04-14) (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 O320B2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 222 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010127000359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT FROZE ON THE CONTROLS ON TAKEOFF. A/C ROLLED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. (.4)ON JANUARY 27, 2001, AT ABOUT 1415 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A ROBINSON R22, N128PH, REGISTERED TO VORTEX HELICOPTERS, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT CRASHED WHILE PICKING UP TO A HOVER IN THE VICINITY OF LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CFI STATED HE WAS PICKING THE HELICOPTER UP TO A HOVER WITH THE STUDENT PILOT FOLLOWING HIM THROUGH ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE DRIFT WITH RIGHT CYCLIC INPUT, HOWEVER THE STUDENT PILOT FROZE ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO GET OFF THE CONTROLS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE HELICOPTER PITCHED UP CAUSING THE TAILROTOR BLADES TO COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND RESULTING IN A RAPID YAW TO THE RIGHT. THE HELICOPTER CONTINUED TO ROLL AND ROLLED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE                                                                   .

## 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 MIA01LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA064), Jan 27, 2001: Robinson R22 (N128PH), Long Beach, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls while the CFI was demonstrating a takeoff to a hover. This resulted in an in-flight loss of directional control, in-flight collision with…

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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