20080609834089I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22BETA · Heber City, UT · June 9, 2008

Date: June 9, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place: Heber City, UT
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4125M
Reported as: Robsin R22BETA
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 933 total833 in this make and model147 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N4125M departed spanish fork (U77) for an area northwest of hebercity Utah at approximately 1245 MST. The helicopter was hovering at an area approximately 12.5 miles northwest of hebercity Utah when the pilot slowed to approximately 25 KTS and flet the helicopter shake. The the pilot accelerated backup to 30 KTS. While turning towards a small canyon a gust of wing was encountered, airpseed dropped to zero at approximately 400 AGL. The pilot was unable to recover aircraft control to stop or slow the descent. The aircraft descended and impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N4125M DEPARTED SPANISH FORK (U77) FOR AN AREA NORTHWEST OF HEBERCITY UTAH AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 MST. THE HELICOPTER WAS HOVERING AT AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 12.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBERCITY UTAH WHEN THE PILOT SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 KTS AND FLET THE HELICOPTER SHAKE. THE THE PILOT ACCELERATED BACKUP TO 30 KTS. WHILE TURNING TOWARDS A SMALL CANYON A GUST OF WING WAS ENCOUNTERED, AIRPSEED DROPPED TO ZERO AT APPROXIMATELY 400 AGL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER AIRCRAFT CONTROL TO STOP OR SLOW THE DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.