20180128001669A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Robinson R22 BETA · Homestead, FL · January 28, 2018

Date
January 28, 2018 · 14:00 local
Place
Homestead, FL
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N127AG
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA113
Reported as
Robinson R-22 Beta
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
780 total184 in this make and model57 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.

Pilot was operating part 91 for agricultural bird mitigation and on his downwind leg caught the left skid on the ground causing the aircraft to crash and subsequently destroying the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS OPERATING PART 91 FOR AGRICULTURAL BIRD MITIGATION AND ON HIS DOWNWIND LEG CAUGHT THE LEFT SKID ON THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH AND SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.