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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Bay St Louis, MS · January 2, 2003

Date
January 2, 2003 · 10:30 local
Place
Bay St Louis, MS
Airport
Stennis International Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
VORS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2624N
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total13,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was being flown during a flight instructional flight, when the aircraft experienced an overspeed condition, the pilot executed an emergency landing under power while attempting to reduce power to the engine. The landing area was covered in trees and the main rotor and tail rotor made contact causing minor damage to the rotor blades. There was not damage to the main structure of the aircraft or landing gear. There were not injuries to the pilot or student. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN DURING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN OVERSPEED CONDITION, THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING UNDER POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE LANDING AREA WAS COVERED IN TREES AND THE MAIN ROTOR AND TAIL ROTOR MADE CONTACT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR BLADES. THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT OR LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NOT INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR STUDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^