# Accident 20160914018319A: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II, Cedar City, UT, September 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2016, 14:20 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Location: 37.7008° N, 113.0989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7008&lon=-113.0989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46HF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46HF-2017-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (registry code 7640122, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 207 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA488) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160914018319A

## Narrative

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

THE CFI STATED, "THE STUDENT TOOK CONTROLS TO ATTEMPT TO HOVER AND BEGAN A NOSE DOWN AND RIGHT LATERAL MOVEMENT.  CFI STATED, HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE DOWNWARD RIGHT TREND, AT WHICH POINT THE RIGHT SKID CONTACTED THE HELIPAD AND INITIATED A RIGHT ROLLING MOVEMENT CAUSING THE ROTOR BLADES TO CONTACT THE GROUND AND THE HELICOPTER PROCEEDED TO ROLL ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE."

## 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 GAA16CA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA488), Sep 14, 2016: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N46HF), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action while providing hover instruction in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in dynamic roll-over.

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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