# Accident 20071024823879A: Robsin R22BETA, Long Beach, CA, October 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8194° N, 118.1547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8194&lon=-118.1547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7188S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7188S-2009-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 561 total, 460 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071024823879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CFI WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT PILOT ON LOW RPM RECOVERY AT PAD #4. CFI HAD PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED THIS PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES TO STUDENT. STUDENT TOOK CONTROLS AFTER CFI PLACED HELICOPTER IN A LOW RPM CONDITION AT APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 FEET AGL. THE STUDENT REDUCED THE THROTTLE INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE THROTTLE TO RECOVER. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AS THE HELICOPTER YAWED TO THE LEFT AND LOST ALTITUDE CAUSING THE TAIL ROTOR TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER THEN YAWED TO THE RIGHT AND ROTATED TO THE RIGHT SEVERAL TIMES. CFI TOLD STUDENT TO LET GO OF THE CONTROLS APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES BEFORE THE STUDENT LET GO OF THE CONTROLS. CFI ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE HELICOPTER NOT KNOWING THE TAIL ROTOR HAD STRUCK THE GROUND. THE CFI REDUCED THROTTLE WHICH CAUSED HELICOPTER TO LAND HARD ON THE SKIDS.

## 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 LAX08CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA016), Oct 24, 2007: Robinson R22 Beta (N7188S), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper execution of low rotor rpm procedures. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision, failure to guard the throttle, and failure to take…

## Other reports on N7188S (1)

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

- [Accident 20040305002869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305002869A), Mar 5, 2004: Robsin R22BETA (N7188S), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During an instructional flight while practicing hovering autorotations, after landing near pad 3, the helicopter rolled to the left and PIC was unable to…

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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