20130117002079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA · San Marcos, TX · January 17, 2013

Date
January 17, 2013 · 10:15 local
Place
San Marcos, TX
Airport
San Marcos Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N223MG
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,250 total2,600 in this make and model110 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.

The instructional flight was on a training approach to San Marcos (hyi) when the engine manifold pressure began to climb. The instructor PIC took over control of the aircraft when engine power was lost. A hard landing was made adjcent to the active runway. There were no injuries to the student pilot or instructional pilot.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS ON A TRAINING APPROACH TO SAN MARCOS (HYI) WHEN THE ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE BEGAN TO CLIMB. THE INSTRUCTOR PIC TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN ENGINE POWER WAS LOST. A HARD LANDING WAS MADE ADJCENT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT OR INSTRUCTIONAL PILOT.