What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
March 26, 2018 this office received a report of a hard landing for N72QC a Robinson Helicopter R22 beta. The incident occurred on 3/23/18 and was reported by the pilot-cfi. The CFI stated while conducting duel flight at Republic Airport, sheltair ramp the student was on controls, instructor on controls with him. The student started lowering collective to set the aircraft down and lowered it too quickly, resulting in a harder than usual landing and the aircraft was shut down. There were no injuries to the CFI or student. On the next pre-flight, the damage was found witch was a small dent on the right side of the tail boom at the forward attach point.
As the FAA filed it
MARCH 26, 2018 THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A HARD LANDING FOR N72QC A ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 3/23/18 AND WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT-CFI. THE CFI STATED WHILE CONDUCTING DUEL FLIGHT AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT, SHELTAIR RAMP THE STUDENT WAS ON CONTROLS, INSTRUCTOR ON CONTROLS WITH HIM. THE STUDENT STARTED LOWERING COLLECTIVE TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND LOWERED IT TOO QUICKLY, RESULTING IN A HARDER THAN USUAL LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CFI OR STUDENT. ON THE NEXT PRE-FLIGHT, THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND WITCH WAS A SMALL DENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAIL BOOM AT THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.