20220326004339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 · Myrtle Beach, SC · March 26, 2022

Date
March 26, 2022 · 17:15 local
Place
Myrtle Beach, SC
Airport
Myrtle Beach International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N288L
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA168
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
474 total

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.

On a 91.147 privacy data omitted. Had just taken off and climbing through about 700 feet. Experience violent shudders not isolated with flight controls, but the entire airframe. Started auto rotation, landed in parking lot, skidded 50 feet into small berm and rolled onto side.

As the FAA filed it

ON A 91.147 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AND CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 700 FEET. EXPERIENCE VIOLENT SHUDDERS NOT ISOLATED WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS, BUT THE ENTIRE AIRFRAME. STARTED AUTO ROTATION, LANDED IN PARKING LOT, SKIDDED 50 FEET INTO SMALL BERM AND ROLLED ONTO SIDE.

NTSB investigation

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