# Accident 20090721018079A: Robsin R22BETA, Jerome, AZ, July 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2009, 08:55 local time
- Place: Jerome, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7958° N, 112.1950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7958&lon=-112.1950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747ER-2011-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- Reported engine: LYC O360J2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 900 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA360) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090721018079A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT, WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT IN A ROBINSON R-22, N747ER.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PRESCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PRC). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING A TRAINING FLIGHT IN PREPARATION FOR HIS COMMERICAL ROTORCRAFT PRACTIAL TEST.  THEY LEFT PRESCOTT AROUND 0830 MST.  APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRESCOTT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAVE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A SIMULATED EMERGENCY SCENARIO OF A LOW FUEL LIGHT, REQUIRING A LANDING AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHOSE A SUITABLE LANDING AREA, DID A RECONNAISANCE FLYOVER, AND PROCEEDED TO SET UP FOR AN APPROACH.  ON THEIR FINAL APPROACH, AT ABOUT 40-43 KNOTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD A REDUCTION IN POWER, NOT VERIFIED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FOLLOWED BY THE LOW ROTOR RPM LIGHT AND WARNING HORN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL AND ADDED POWER.  HE GOT NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO THIS, AND LOWER THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL TO ITS MAXIMUM DOWN TRAVEL AND APPLIED AFT CYCLIC CONTROL AGGRESIVELY.  WHEN THE ROTOR REGAINED RPM, THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO FORWARD AIRSPEED.  THEY STRUCK THE GROUND HARD AND ROLLED OVER TO THE LEFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED OFF THE IGNITION TO STOP THE ENGINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA360), Jul 21, 2009: Robinson R22 Beta (N747ER), Jerome, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm's, and the certified flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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