# Accident 20080531835529A: Robsin R22, Salt Lake City, UT, May 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2008, 08:10 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal 2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UZRS
- Location: 40.6194° N, 111.9928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6194&lon=-111.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N268SH-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-J2A (registry code 42314, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-j2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 325 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080531835529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A 14CFR PART 141 TRAINING FLIGHT IT WAS DECIDED TO PERFORM A PRACTICE HOVERING AUTORATION.  THE CFI AND THE STUDENT DISCUSSED THE MANUVER AND THEN DECIDED TO EXECUTE THE HOVERING AUTO AS DISCUSSED.  THE CFI STATED THAT HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND THEN VERY UNEXPECTEDLY THE STUDENT APPLIED LEFT PEDDLE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED RIGHT PEDDLE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN RAPIDLY TO THE LEFT INSTEAD OF THE ANTICIPATED RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY TOUCHED THE CEMENT PAD WITH THE AFT PORTION OF THE LEFT SKID HEEL DURING THE SPINNING AND IMMEDIATELY ROLLED OVER ONTO THE LEFT SIDE.  THE CFI STATED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY 50 SUCCESSFUL HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS WITH THIS STUDENT AND HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.

## 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 LAX08CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA159), May 31, 2008: Robinson R22 (N268SH), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student's improper use of the anti torque pedals during a practice hover autorotation, which resulted in the helicopter rolling over. Additional causes of the accident were the certificated…

## Other reports on N268SH (1)

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

- [Accident 20110406005189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110406005189A), Apr 6, 2011: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (N268SH), West Jordan, UT, Substantial damage. During flight training at salt lake city - south valley regional(U42) the engine quit while the helicopter was on extended downwind leg to runway 16. The…

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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