# Incident 20021101030829I: Robsin R22BETA, Lawrence, MA, November 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7170° N, 71.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE MUNI (LWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7170&lon=-71.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101030829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT TO RECOVER FROM A LOW ROTOR RPM CONDITION WHILE HOVERING AT TEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. STUDENT PILOT INITIATED AN INCORRECT PROCEDURE WHICH CAUSED THE ROTOR RPM TO DECAY RAPIDLY AND A HARD LANDING OCCURRED. INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE STUDENT PILOT ERROR PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE HELICOPTER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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