20050522010209A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robsin R44 · Sedona, AZ · May 22, 2005

Date
May 22, 2005 · 12:35 local
Place
Sedona, AZ
Airport
Sedona Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N963JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX05CA185
Reported as
Robsin R44
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total168 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The pilot got into a low rotor RPM situation at about 80 feet above the surface during landing approach. The aircraft continued descent to the ground and the tail rotor hit a bush.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT GOT INTO A LOW ROTOR RPM SITUATION AT ABOUT 80 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE DURING LANDING APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DESCENT TO THE GROUND AND THE TAIL ROTOR HIT A BUSH.

NTSB investigation

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