# Incident 20080918849129I: Robsin R44, Bedford, MA, September 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2008, 12:45 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Slope Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 (registry code 7640120, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-F1B5 (registry code 42353, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-f1b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R44
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 65 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080918849129I

## Narrative

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

ON THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2008 APPROXIMATELY 12:45 P.M. AFTER CONDUCTING A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT FROM KBED TO 2B2 MY STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I RETURNED TO KBED AND DECIDED TO PERFORM SLOPE OPERATIONS TRAINING IN THE GRASS AREA WEST OF RUNWAY 5/23 AND EAST OF TAXIWAY MIKE.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND DRY WITH WIND APPROXIMATELY 10-12 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WHICH CREATED A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND SITUATIONS FOR OUR PURPOSES.  MY STUDENT PERFORMED TWO NORMAL LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS WITH THE LEFT SKID UPSLOPE AND THE RIGHT SKID DOWNSLOPE.  UNFORTUNATELY AFTER THE TWO SUCCESSFUL EFFORT I WAS PERHAPS A BIT COMPLACENT AND OVERCONFIDENT IN MY STUDENT AND ON AN UNSUCCESSFUL 3RD ATTEMPT TO LAND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT MAINTAINED.  THE SUBSEQUENT EVENT TRANSPIRED VERY QUICKLY BUT INITIATED WITH A LEFT YAW INTO THE SLOPE.  THE STUDENT RESPONDED NERVOUSLY WITH THE CYCLIC.  FEARING THE POTENTIAL OF DYNAMIC ROLLOVER I INSTINCTIVELY BEGAN TO LOWER THE COLLECTIVE.  THE COMBINATION OF CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE INPUTS RESULTED IN A FIRM TOUCHDOWN WITH AFT AND POSSIBLY SOME LATERAL MOVEMENT.  ALTHOUGH THE GROUND CONTACT WAS FIRM AND UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE TIME NEITHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOR I WAS AWARE OF THE SHIP HAVING SUSTAINED ANY DAMAGE.  GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE FACT THE IT WAS THE END OF THE LESSON WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY.  WE PICKED UP TO A HOVER AND HOVERED THE SHIP TO THE PARKING AREA BACK ON THE WEST RAMP.

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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