# Accident 20030628027659A: Robsin R22BETA, Nashua, NH, June 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185MH-2010-02-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030628027659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 14 AT NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE AIRPORT ON 6/30/03 BETWEEN THE EVENING HOURS OF 5 AND 6, STUDENT PILOT RYAN BELL WAS FLYING SOLO WHEN HE FAILED TO REALIZE HE HAD HAD A HARD LANDING. MR. BELL STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A FASTER THAN NORMAL RATE OF DESCENT DURING THE HARD LANDING WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE DOWNDRAFT CONDITION. AT THE TIME OF THE HARD LANDING MR. BELL WAS OPERATING WITH A TAILWIND THAT HE ESTIMATED AT 320 DEGREES AT 10/15 KNOTS. NEVER EXPERIENCING A HARD LANDING, MR. BELL DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE LANDING WAS ABNORMALLY HARD (COMPARED TO A HOVERING AUTO ROTATION). HE CONTINUED TO FLY IN CLOSED TRAFFIC AND CONTINUED HIS SOLO FLYING ON RUNWAY 32 AS ADVISED BY THE NASHUA ATC TOWER. MR. BELL ACKNOWLEDGED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE OWNER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N185MH (1)

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

- [Accident 20071029826989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071029826989A), Oct 29, 2007: Robsin R22BETA (N185MH), Unalaska, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Robinson helicopter model R-22 reportedly crashed while hovering over a beach on umnaki island. It was reported that while hovering in gusty winds the…

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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