# Accident 20090428006669A: Robsin R22BETA, Hebronville, TX, April 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hebronville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2560Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2560Q-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,939 total, 4,389 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090428006669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING AERIAL HERDING OF DEER.  PILOT SAID HE AND THE PASSENGER HAD EXITED THE HELICOPTER WHILE ENGINE STILL OPERATING TO ASSIST A GROUND TEAM TO SECURE ANIMAL.  THE PILOT STATED THE FRICTION LOCK ON THE COLLECTIVE WAS ENGAGED.  THE PILOT STATED HE BELIEVED A GUST OF WIND ATTRIBUTED TO THE HELICOPTER LIFTING UP APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET OFF THE GROUND AND THEN IMPACTED BACK TO THE GROUND ROLLING OVER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  INSPECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE FRICTION LOCK INDICATED IT TO BE IN THE LOKED POSITION BUT AGAINST THE BOOT.  A BRACKET ATTACHED TO THE LOCK MECHANISM SHOWED A FRESH BREAK AT THE ATTACH POINT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON THE GROUND.  NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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