# Accident 20180810010579A: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Ocean City, NJ, August 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2636° N, 74.6075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2636&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92TR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92TR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 544 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA483](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA483) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180810010579A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 10, 2018, AT OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NJ, OVER A MARSH AREA WEST AND ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 6, A CFI WAS PERFORMING HOVER TRAINING WIH A STUDENT IN A ROBINSON R22 HELCOPTER, AT ABOUT 3-FEET FROM THE GROUND.  DURING THE SEQUENCE OF ESTABLISHING AND EXCHANGING CONTROL FROM PIC TO STUDENT, AND AFTER THE STUDENT ESTABLISHED A HOVER, THE HELICOPTER BECAME UNSTABLE AND CFI TOOK BACK CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER.  HOWEVER, THE HELICOPTER WAS LOW TO THE GROUND, AND THE LEFT SKID CONTACTED THE GROUND.  CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER COULD NOT BE RECOVERED AND THE HELICOPTER WENT INTO A DYNAMIC ROLLER CONDITION.  THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE, RIGHT SKID UP, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PIC AND STUDENT PILOT WERE ABLE TO DISEMBARK THE HELICOPTER ON THEIR OWN; NO INJURY TO THE PIC.  THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HER LEG.  BOTH PIC AND STUDENT WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.  PIC WAS RELEASED ON THE SAME DAY, WITHOUT INJURY.  STUDENT REMAINED IN HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT WITH TREATMENT ACCOMPLISHED ON INJURY TO LEG.  SHE WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.

## 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 GAA18CA483](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA483), Aug 10, 2018: Robinson R22 (N92TR), Ocean City, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to conduct hover practice at a lower altitude than recommended and his delayed remedial action during recovery from an unstable hover, which resulted in a dynamic…

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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