# Accident 20010310008139A: Robsin R22, Islip, NY, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 40.7950° N, 74.1000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7950&lon=-74.1000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9077F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9077F-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 (registry code 7640102, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310008139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 10, 2001, ABOUT 1700 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A ROBINSON R-22, N9077F, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR AIRPORT (ISP), ISLIP, NEW YORK. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND A STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE INSTRUCTION FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT LIFTED THE HELICOPTER OFF THE GROUND, IT BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN MADE AN ABRUPT INPUT TO THE CYCLIC CONTROL AND THE LEFT SKID CONTACTED THE GROUND. HE ALSO APPLIED "FULL UP COLLECTIVE A LITTLE TOO EARLY." THE CFI SAID THAT THE HELICOPTER'S LEFT SKID DUG INTO THE GROUND, AND IT BEGAN TO ROLL OVER. HE FURTHER STATED, "WHEN I REALIZED THE HELICOPTER WAS ABOUT TO PIVOT OVER, IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE." THE HELICOPTER ROLLED ONTO IT'S LEFT SIDE, AND THE MAIN AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE CFI REPORTED HE HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 900 FLIGHT HOURS IN HELICOPTER, OF WHICH ABOUT 800 HOURS WERE IN THE R-22. WINDS REPORTED AT ISP, ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WERE FROM 290 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS WITH 19 KNOT GUSTS.

## 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 NYC01LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA087), Mar 10, 2001: Robinson R-22 (N9077F), Islip, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action, which resulted in a roll-over. Factors in this accident were the crosswind condition and soft landing area.

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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