# Incident 20050617011569I: Robsin R22BETA, West Palm Beach, FL, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IGIS
- Location: 26.5930° N, 80.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (LNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5930&lon=-80.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2327C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2327C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 475 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617011569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2005, INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AND A STUDENT FROM PALM BEACH HELICOPTER SCHOOL LOCATED AT LANTANA AIRPORT DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 1445 HOURS TO PRACTICE TRAFFIC PATTERNS. THE ROBINSON 22 HELICOPTER MADE A LANDING IN JOHN PRINCE CAMPGROUNDS IN THE BRUSH SURROUNDED BY WATER. THE HELICOPTER WAS NOT SUBMERGED IN WATER. NO INJURIES TO PERSONS. HELICOPTER DAMAGE FOUND TO TAIL ROTOR BLADES DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION FOR HARD LANDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROBINSON MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOUND NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR STATEMENT DURING THE LAST PATTERN THE STUDENT WAS STRUGGLING TO MAKE CORRECT CYCLIC INPUTS AT HIS LAST 50 FEET OF THE APPROACH. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS TO REPOSITION THE HELICOPTER ABOUT 150 YARDS DOWNWIND OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 15 AT A HEIGHT OF 50 FEET SO THE STUDENT COULD FOCUS ON THE LAST SEGMENT OF THE APPROACH. WITH THIS IN MIND THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK FROM 15 AND TURNED TO CLOSE-IN LEFT DOWNWIND. AS THEY PASSED OVER THE ISLAND AT JOHN PRINCE PARK EAST OF 15 HE MADE A RIGHT ORBIT, AS THE STUDENT TOLD THE INSTRUCTOR HE HAD NOT SEEN AN ALLIGATOR AND THOUGHT THERE MAY BE ONE ON THE BANK THE INSTRUCTOR COMPLETED THE ORBIT AND WAS AGAIN DOWNWIND THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND DESCEND. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO LAND DOWNWIND SO HE TURNED AGAIN TO THE UPWIND BUT REALIZED THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY FALL SHORT OF THE BANK AND LAND IN THE WATER SO HE TURNED BACK TO THE ISLAND AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE TREES WITH REDUCED POWER APPLIED (PILOT STATEMENT ATTACHED). DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE LANDED. ON JUNE 18, 2005, THE HELICOPTER WAS LIFTED OUT OF THE BRUSH IN ONE PIECE AND TAKEN TO THE PALM BEACH HELICOPTER FACILITY. MAINTENANCE EXAMINED THE HELICOPTER AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN, MAGNETO CHECK, COMPRESSION CHECK AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS.

## Other reports on N2327C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940304003709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940304003709A), Mar 4, 1994: Robsin R22BETA (N2327C), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Student landing from hover beleived had landed as skids touched tall grass lowered collective. Skid hit. Rolled.

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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