# Incident 20110529012509I: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER, Redding, CT, May 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2011, 15:08 local time
- Place: Redding, CT
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3228° N, 73.3869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3228&lon=-73.3869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8313E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8313E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER (registry code 7640115, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-mariner) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R22 MARINER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11IA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11IA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110529012509I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED KINGSTON NY AT APPROX 1330 HRS LOCAL, APPROX 10 MILES EAST OF DANBURY AIRPORT, DXR, PILOT HEARD A FAINT NOISE AND THEN A VIBRATION BEGAN, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ON A LONG DRIVEWAY IN A VERY LARGE FIELD AND SHUT HELICOPTER DOWN. INSPECTION AFTER LANDING IDENTIFIED THE T/R TEETER HINGE BOLT HAD BROKEN IN TWO. THE HEAD AND NUT OF THE BOLT TURNED INDEPENDENTLY BUT REMAINED INSTALLED IN THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY

## 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 ERA11IA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11IA320), May 29, 2011: Robinson Helicopter R22 Mariner (N8313E), Redding, CT, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate helicopter preflight inspection and the mechanic’s inadequate annual inspection, both of which failed to detect a worn bolt in the tail rotor teeter hinge prior to its fracture…

## Other reports on N8313E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060311023679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060311023679I), Mar 11, 2006: Robsin R22MARINER (N8313E), Cresskill, NJ. (-23) PIC landed on a public street to discharge a passenger.

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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