# Accident 20030625013879A: Robsin R22BETA, Dexter, MO, June 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2003, 10:02 local time
- Place: Dexter, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: F03G
- Location: 36.7775° N, 89.9411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7775&lon=-89.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N933CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N933CB-2017-06-15) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,714 total, 1,117 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625013879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N933CB, A R-22 HELICOPTER, WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION (FAR 137) OPERATIONS. DURING CLIMB-OUT ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE END OF THE AIRCRAFT'S AERIAL APPLICATION TO THE FIELD LOCATION, THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR SKID (S) STRUCK A POWERLINE WIRE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) FEET ABOVE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED IMMEDIATELY AS A RESULT OF THIS INITIAL WIRE CONTACT OR AS INITIATED BY THE PILOT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED, IT STRUCK ANOTHER SET OF HIGHER POWERED POWERLINES APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-FIVE (65) FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WHICH RAN PERPENDICULAR TO THE LOWER SET OF POWERLINES. SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL ARCING OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT AS THE RESULT OF STRIKING THE HIGHER POWERED OVERHEAD WIRES. AS WITNESSED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE BEFORE GROUND CONTACT AND CONTINUED TO BURN AFTER GROUND IMPACT. THE PILOT SUFFURED FATAL INJURIES DUE TO THE FIRE AND VIOLENT GROUND IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO DESTROYED BY THE FIRE AND GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 CHI03LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA182), Jun 25, 2003: Robinson R-22 Beta (N933CB), Dexter, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from the wires during the aerial application flight. Factors contributing to the accident were the helicopter's low altitude…

## Other reports on N933CB (1)

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

- [Accident 19890730029979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890730029979A), Jul 30, 1989: Robsin R22 (N933CB), Brinnon, WA, Destroyed. Felt vibration en route elected to land on a beach but pilot misjudged height. A skid hit the water. Helicopter sank

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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