# Accident 20200422001109A: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 BETA II, Caldwell, ID, April 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Caldwell, ID
- Airport: Caldwell Indstrial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6400° N, 116.6400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6400&lon=-116.6400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6703S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6703S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 (registry code 7640102, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R22 BETA II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 644 total, 470 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200422001109A

## Narrative

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

ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 22, 2020, THIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT WERE ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN A ROBERTSON R-22 HELICOPTER, N6703S.  AFTER VERIFYING PROFICIENCY IN SOME BASIC FLIGHT MANEUVERS THE FOCUS OF THE LESSON TURNED TO AUTOROTATIONS. AFTER TWO SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATIONS AT AN OFF-AIRPORT PRACTICE AREA THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE BASE AIRPORT (KEUL) TO TERMINATE WITH THE FINAL MANEUVER BEING A MAXIMUM GLIDE CONFIGURATION AUTOROTATION.  DURING THE LANDING FROM THIS AUTOROTATION THE RATE OF DESCENT WAS NOT ARRESTED SUFFICIENTLY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCE.  POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CROSS TUBES WERE BENT AND THAT ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE HAD STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TAIL CONE.

## 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 WPR20CA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA140), Apr 22, 2020: Robinson R22 (N6703S), Caldwell, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to set the proper rotor rpm during a practice autorotation, which led to his failure to maintain a proper descent rate and resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

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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