# Accident 20151114018269A: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Missouri City, TX, November 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2015, 10:25 local time
- Place: Missouri City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8822° N, 95.9169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8822&lon=-95.9169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7058Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7058Z-2016-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151114018269A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT AROUND THE ARCOLA/SUGARLAND TEXAS AREA, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ?SPIKE IN RPM AND THE ROTOR REMAINED AT A MAXIMUM RPPM. THE PILOT REDUCED THE THROTTLE IN LEVEL FLIGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE ROTOR RPM. THIS ACTION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT SELECTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING SITE, LANDING DOWN WIND. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH AN AUTO ROTATION INTO AN EMPTY LOT IN A NEW RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. DURING THE AUTOROTATION MANUEVER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS UP AND WALKING WHEN EMS PERSONNEL ARRIVED, THEN COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL CENTER IN SUGARLAND TEXAS.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND MAY BE DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE CANOPY GLASS WAS BROKEN AND INTERIOR ITEMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND NEAR THE FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE. THE DASH PANEL WAS BENT SIDEWAYS TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT AND WAS OTHERWISE INTACT. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS IN THE "OFF" POISTION. ONE OF THE PILOT SEATS WAS DISLODGED AND LAYING IN FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND AIRCRAFT POH WERE STILL INSIDE THE COCKPIT. THE TAIL BOOM WAS CUT INTO THREE PIECES, AND BENT AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. A SHORT TWO FOOT SECTION TO THE TAIL BOOM WAS LYING TO REAR OF THE FUSELAGE AND ANOTHER NEAR THE RIGHT OF THE FUSELAGE. THE OUTER THREE FEET OF THE TAIL BOOM TO INCLUDE THE TAIL ROTOR WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES WERE BENT WITH SMALL RADIUS BENDS NEAR THE ROTOR HEAD AND CUTS INTO THE BLADE LEADING EDGE OF THE BLADES NEAR THE ENDS. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING SKID MOUNTS WERE DISLODGED FROM THIER MOUNTS. THE REAR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE FRONT TOEARD THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. ONE OF THE TWO MAIN ROTOR BLADES WAS BENT MIDWAY AND THERE WERE CUT MARKS IN THE GROUND NEAR THE IMPACT SITE, THE OTHER MAIN ROTOR BLADE HAD A LARGE RADIUS BEND BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRT OR GRASS ON IT. THE MAIN ROTOR MAST DID NOT APPEAR TO BE BENT.

## 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 CEN16LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA040), Nov 14, 2015: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N7058Z), Sugarland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overspeed of the main rotor system for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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