# Accident 20130130000819A: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Kailua Kona, HI, January 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Kailua Kona, HI
- Airport: Kona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operator: RP8S
- Location: 19.6307° N, 155.9903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6307&lon=-155.9903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 104 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130130000819A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS WERE PRACTICING STRAIGHT IN AUTOROTATION LANDING AND PLANNED POWER RECOVERY. POWER WAS APPLIED  DURING FLARE TO LANDING(ENGINE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO FLIGHT), BUT ANTICIPATED POWER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE END , INSTRUCTOR PILOT CAME ON CONTROLS AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND WITH MORE FORCE THAN EXPECTED.

ACFT TAIL BOOM SHOWS MINOR FLEX DENT ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE NEAR ATTACHMENT BOLTS.  DENT DID NOT CRACK THE PAINT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED GROUND WITH RIGHT REAR SKID TUBE AND WITH SLIGHT FORWARD MOTION CAUSING TAIL BOOM TO FLEX DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, RESULTING IN TAIL BOOM DENT. TAIL BOOM IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE REPAIRED AND MUST BE REPLACED.

## 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 WPR13CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA107), Jan 30, 2013: Robinson R22 (N333PJ), Kona, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm during a practice autorotation and the flight instructor's delayed action, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N333PJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20240530005099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530005099A), May 30, 2024: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (N333PJ), Kona, HI, Substantial damage. 141 Flight piloted by a CFI (PIC) was providing high altitude mountain training instruction to commercial/cfi student . The student pilot attempted to execute…

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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