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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Piseco, NY · August 8, 2008

Date
August 8, 2008 · 13:30 local
Place
Piseco, NY
Airport
Piseco
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7193Z
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,245 total450 in this make and model45 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) While at a hover above trees, a gust of wind from the rear caused the a/c to settle with power. The pilot landed safely and shut the a/c down to assess for possible damage. As this occurred, the skid settled into soft ground an the a/c tipped over causing rotor blade damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE AT A HOVER ABOVE TREES, A GUST OF WIND FROM THE REAR CAUSED THE A/C TO SETTLE WITH POWER. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY AND SHUT THE A/C DOWN TO ASSESS FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE. AS THIS OCCURRED, THE SKID SETTLED INTO SOFT GROUND AN THE A/C TIPPED OVER CAUSING ROTOR BLADE DAMAGE.