# Incident 20080609834089I: Robsin R22BETA, Heber City, UT, June 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Heber City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5069° N, 111.4132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5069&lon=-111.4132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4125M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 933 total, 833 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080609834089I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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