# Accident 20040802023289A: Robsin R22BETA, Everglades, FL, August 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2004, 09:46 local time
- Place: Everglades, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.6172° N, 80.5872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6172&lon=-80.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2566W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2566W-2006-12-05) (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: 2,065 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040802023289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT MR. YONATAN YOHERBERT MARTINEZ STATED, THAT APPROXIMATELY 0930 LOCAL TIME, ON AUGUST 2, 2004, HIM AND THE CFI PILOT MR. CHIKAO TAKAYANAGI, DEPARTED FROM TAMIAMI AIRPORT HEADING WEST, FOR A 30 MINUTE FLIGHT. THIS FLIGHT WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT EVER IN A HELICOPTER. THE FLIGHT WAS A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT THAT THE SCHOOL PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN GROUND SCHOOL TO LATER BECAOME A HELICOPTER PILOT. MR. MARTINEZ CONTINUED SAYING, THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WHILE RETURNING BACK TO TAMIAMI AIRPORT, THEY WERE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 300 FEET WITH AN AIRSPEED OF ABOUT 60 KNOTS, HAVING A GOOD TIME OBSERVING THE WILD LIFE AT THE EVERGLADES, WHEN SUDDENLY THE HELICOPTER STARTED MOVING TO THE LEFT AND DOWNWARD BY ITSELF. THE PILOT TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL PULLING THE CYCLIC CONTROL STICK TO THE RIGHT BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DESCENDING TO THE LEFT AND DOWNWARD UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE LEFT SIDE SKID TUBE. AFTER IMPACT TO THE GROUND, HE MANAGED TO EXIT THE HELICOPTER AND NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE. HE IMMEDIATELY ASSISTED THE PILOT THAT WAS ON FIRE, OUT OF THE HELICOPTER. HE THEN USED THE PILOT CELL PHONE AND CALLED 911 OPERATOR FOR HELP.

## 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 MIA04FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA115), Aug 2, 2004: Robinson R22 Beta (N2566W), Miami, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of company maintenance personnel to secure the push/pull tube to the left lug of the non-rotating portion of the swashplate assembly following maintenance, and the inability of the pilot…

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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