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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Spring, TX · July 26, 2011

Date
July 26, 2011 · 14:30 local
Place
Spring, TX
Airport
David Wayne Hooks Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N165SH
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-J2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,160 total859 in this make and model251 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.

During cfi/student training, while performing hovering autorotations, the aircraft touched down with enough rotational torque to cause minimal skin damage to the aircraft. Nothing unusual was noted by the flight crew so instruction continued for another 30 minutes before terminsting the flight. A pre-flight inspection completed the following morning was the first indication of damage. Skin damage was limited to the 4 o'clock position on the tail boom and the 7 o'clock position on the fuselauge.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CFI/STUDENT TRAINING, WHILE PERFORMING HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH ENOUGH ROTATIONAL TORQUE TO CAUSE MINIMAL SKIN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW SO INSTRUCTION CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES BEFORE TERMINSTING THE FLIGHT. A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING MORNING WAS THE FIRST INDICATION OF DAMAGE. SKIN DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE 4 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE TAIL BOOM AND THE 7 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE FUSELAUGE.