# Incident 20060919023609I: Robsin R22BETA, Ellington, CT, September 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: J5BS
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8008E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 986 total, 984 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060919023609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING A VARIETY OF MANUEVERS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO EXECUTE A HOVERING AUTOROTATION. THE STUDENT DID TWO ACCEPTABLE ITERATIONS. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT ROLLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DECREASE IN TORQUE, AND LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND WHILE YAWING TO THE LEFT, BOUNCED, AND THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS FIRMLY ON THE GROUND AND NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE FROM INSIDE THE COCKPIT, THE INSTRUCTOR ADDED POWER AND MADE A CONTROLLABILITY CHECK AT A HOVER. EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AND THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING FLIGHT. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED. DURING PREFLIGHT FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT, DAMAGE TO THE TAILBOOM, AS A SMALL DEFORMATION AT THE FORWARD END, WAS DISCOVERED. THIS WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY FORCES APPLIED DUE TO THE ROTATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT MADE GROUND CONTACT.

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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