# Accident 20050825020059A: Robsin R22, Colorado Spring, CO, August 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0307° N, 104.4798° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0307&lon=-104.4798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777UH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777UH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 (registry code 7640102, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 128 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050825020059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2005, AT 2300 UTC, N777UH, A ROBINSON R-22 BETA HELICOPTER, S/N 3648, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^ PRIVATE PILOT AND OWNER, CRASHED ON LANDING AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT (00V), PEYTON, CO. THE PILOT REPORTED ADDING POWER TO CONTROL HIS DESCENT, THEN THE LOW ROTOR SPEED WARNING LIGHT AND HORN CAME ON. THE HELICOPTER STARTED A TORQUE INDUCED TURN TO THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT SKID CONTACTED THE GROUND AND BOUNCED BACK TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT SKID CAUGHT ON THE GROUND CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL OVER ON IT'S LEFT SIDE. THE ROTOR BLADES, TAIL BOOM AND LEFT SIDE STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VFR FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AUGUSTA, KS AT 1600 UTC, BOUND FOR BROOMFIELD, CO (BJC). THE LANDING AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT WAS A FUEL STOP.

## 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 DEN05LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA130), Aug 25, 2005: Robinson R22 (N777UH), Falcon, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter while conducting a hovering maneuver.

## Other reports on N777UH (1)

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

- [Accident 20040914021889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040914021889A), Sep 14, 2004: Robsin R22 (N777UH), Spanish Fork, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) On sept 14, 2004 at 1604 MDT, a Robinson R-22-22 helicopter, N777UH, s/n 3548, owned by universal helicopters inc scottsdale AZ crashed in a hay field 5…

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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