# Incident 20021122034719I: Robsin R22BETA, St Louis, MO, November 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2002, 12:15 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442FA) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021122034719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SUPERVISED SOLO. HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS DANIEL LOUIS NEUNEBEL, HOLDER OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE NUMBER 496508667. THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT HOVERED TO THE NORTH PRACTICE AREA OF THE AIRPORT TOGETHER. THE CFI GOT OUT OF THE HELICOPTER AND WAS DIRECTING THE STUDENTS ACTIONS USING HAND SIGNALS. THE STUDENT APPLIED TOO MUCH LEFT PEDAL AND INCREASED THE COLLECTIVE TOO RAPIDLY. THIS CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO LEAVE THE GROUND ABRUPTLY AND MAKE A RAPID 180 DEGREE TURN. THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO GET THE HELICOPTER UNDER CONTROL, BUT BEGAN A FORE AND AFT OSCILLATION FOLLOWED BY TOO RAPID A RETURN TO THE GROUND. THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND DURING THE SET DOWN AND WAS DAMAGED. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N442FA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20071124831909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071124831909A), Nov 24, 2007: Robsin R22BETA (N442FA), Suffolk, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 24, 2007, at 1300 local time, N442FA, a Robinson R22 beta helicopter was on a routine pleasure flight performing circling maneuvers at about…

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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