# Accident 20030722016119A: Robsin R22BETA, Marysville, WA, July 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Marysville, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0742° N, 122.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0742&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7190K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7190K-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,192 total, 396 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030722016119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS INVESTIGATION FOUND THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED DURING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND VERTICAL (NOSE DOWN) COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND A POST-CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE HELICOPTER AND AN ADJACENT RECREATIONAL BUILDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. A WITNESS, WHO WAS AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE PILOT, REPORTED THE PILOT LANDED HIS HELICOPTER AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF A NEARLY COMPLETED WOOD STRUCTURE HE WAS HAVING BUILT ON A BLUFF OVERLOOKING PUGET SOUND. HE WALKED DOWN FROM THE BLUFF AND SPOKE WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE BRIEFLY AND THEN RETURNED TO THE HELICOPTER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER WITNESSES HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND OBSERVED SMOKE AND FIRE ON THE BLUFF.

## 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 SEA03FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA148), Jul 22, 2003: Robinson R22 Beta (N7190K), Tulalip, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control for unknown reasons.

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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