# Accident 20031106027771A: Robsin R22BETA, Torrance, CA, November 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2003, 15:29 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8075° N, 118.3578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8075&lon=-118.3578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206TV-2005-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031106027771A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1528 PST, 11/06/03, AT TOA AIRPORT, THERE WAS A FATAL MID AIR COLLISION BETWEEN A R-44 (N442RH) AND R-22 (N206TV) HELICOPTER. THE COLLISION OCCURRED ABOVE RUNWAY 29L. THE R-44 WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND HAD BEEN GIVEN CLEARANCE FOR THE OPTION ON 29L. REPORTS INDICATED IT WAS TRAVELING WEST AND CLIMBING. N206TV WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT WITH 1.5 PREVIOUS SOLO HOURS. ON THIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT, HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING AT THE NORTH PAD (TOA). AFTER COMPLETING RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK AT THE NORTH PAD, HE REQUESTED TO AND LANDING CLEARANCE FOR PCH PARKING FROM THE NORTH PAD. THIS WAS REQUESTED TWICE DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC. HE WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY THE TOWER TO FLY WESTBOUND. THE CONTROLLER THEN INSTRUCTED N206TV TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO THE DOWNWIND. THE CONTROLLER LATER INFORMED HIM THAT HE WOULD CROSS HIM AT MIDFIELD AS SOON AS HE HAD A CHANCE. AFTER HE WAS DOWNWIND THE TOWER CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED HIM TO TURN RIGHT. A SHORT TIME LATER THE TOWER CONTROLLER INFORMED HIM "RUNWAY 29R CLEARED TO LAND". SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE TOWER CONTROLLER AGAIN STATED,"TURN RIGHT HELICOPTER 6TV, RUNWAY 29R CLEARED TO LAND". THE COLLISION OCCURRED MOMENTS LATER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N442RH, Robsin R44: [Accident 20031106027772A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031106027772A)

## 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 LAX04FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA037), Nov 6, 2003: Robinson R22 Beta II (N206TV), Torrance, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the R22 to comply with an ATC clearance.

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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