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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Flint, MI · July 20, 2003

Date
July 20, 2003 · 09:55 local
Place
Flint, MI
Airport
Bishop Intrnational Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N131MH
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI03FA218
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total3,500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot practicing touch & goes. Reported problems with vertical pitch control. Veered to the right and cartwheeled. Pilot later stated his engine was not developing full power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH & GOES. REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH VERTICAL PITCH CONTROL. VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CARTWHEELED. PILOT LATER STATED HIS ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.