# Incident 20121221027579I: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER, Auburn, WA, December 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2012, 08:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GJOS
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4010B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4010B) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 634 total, 584 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121221027579I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2012 INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE CONDUCTING PRACTICE AUTO ROTATIONS TO RUNWAY 34 AT THE AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AUBURN, WA.  INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT DURING THE ENTRY THE ROTOR RPM WENT HIGH BUT REMAINED WITH-IN LIMITS DUE TO THEIR HIGH GROSS WEIGHT, AND WAS CONTROL WITH COLLECTIVE.  DURING THE POWER RECOVERY COLLECTIVE WAS NOT LOWERED, FLAIR INITIATED AT 50 FEET, THE LOW ROTOR RPM HORN CAME ON, ROTOR RPM DROPPED OUTSIDE OF LOWER LIMIT AND THE INSTRUCTOR USED WHAT LITTLE RPM WAS LEFT TO CUSHION THE LANDING.  THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, THAT INCLUDED BENT CROSS TUBES AND WRINKLED SKIN OF THE UPPER FUSELAGE.

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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