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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robinson He R44 · Seward, AK · May 15, 2010

Date
May 15, 2010 · 10:43 local
Place
Seward, AK
Airport
Seward
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
UPXC
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81191
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC10CA040
Reported as
Robinson He R44
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
960 total65 in this make and model80 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.

Lost control landing on snow covered glacier, aircraft rolled over on back. Flat light/white out.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL LANDING ON SNOW COVERED GLACIER, AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON BACK. FLAT LIGHT/WHITE OUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.