# Accident 20070421004279A: Robsin R22BETA, Spanish Fork, UT, April 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2007, 11:25 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork Springville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1414° N, 111.6611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1414&lon=-111.6611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222MQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 310 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070421004279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING HOVERING AUTOROTATION, STUDENT MISJUDGED DESCENT, INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO ARREST THE DESCENT AND COULDN'T STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT, THEY HIT THE GROUND AND BOUNCED UP THEN HAD A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE WINDSCREEN BROKEN. THIS TOOK PLACE ON PATHMENT ON TAXIWAY ALPHA AT SPANISH FORK AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX07CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA131), Apr 21, 2007: Robinson R22 Beta (N222MQ), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper use of the flight controls, which induced a dynamic rollover. Also causal was the certificated flight instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action.

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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