# Accident 20050519007939A: Robsin R22BETA, Saint George, UT, May 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2005, 15:41 local time
- Place: Saint George, UT
- Airport: Saint George Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1804° N, 113.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1804&lon=-113.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983KC-2013-10-29) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360J2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 1,338 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050519007939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING 180 AUTOROTATIONS TO AN OPEN SOD AND DIRT FIELD TO A TERMINATION WITH POWER. TEMP WAS 38C, DA 5100 WINDS SOUTH AT APPROX 8 MPH. INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED MANEUVER AT 550 AGL AND COMPLETED 180 DEGREE TURN BY 225 FEET AGL AND INTO THE WIND, 1500FPM RATE OF DESCENT, 60 KIAS. INSTRUCTOR STATES HE NOTICED A LOW FREQUENCY SIDE TO SIDE (LATERAL) VIBRATION. INSTRUCTOR STATES HE ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A POWER RECOVERY BY INCREASING THROTTLE SO THAT AT 100 AGL ENGINE AND ROTOR RPM WERE IN NORMAL RANGE. INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT AT 40' AGL HE INITIATED A DEDELERATIVE FLARE AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED HE STATES HE APPLIED FULL COLLECTIVE AND ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE TO THE GROUND AND LANDED HARD STRIKING TAIL STINGER FIRST, MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRIKING THE TAIL BOOM, THEN HEELS OF THE LANGING GEAR SKIDS THEN ROLLED FORWARD COMING TO REST ON IT'S RIGHT SIDE. DAMAGE TO MAIN FUSELAGE, TAIL BOOM, TAIL ROTOR, MAIN ROTOR, LANDING GEAR. INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO LEFT LEG, TOP OF HEAD, NECK AND LEFT WRIST. STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY TO NECK.

## 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 DEN05LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA081), May 19, 2005: Robinson R22 Beta (N983KC), St. George, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper autorotation. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision 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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