# Incident 20221012016009I: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2, Bentonville, AR, October 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2022, 16:55 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Bentonville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3729° N, 94.2088° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bentonville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3729&lon=-94.2088&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 (registry code 9000001, https://openairdocs.org/model/helicopteres-guimbal-cabri-g2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-J2A (registry code 42314, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-j2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELICOPTERES GUIMBAL CABRI G2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 5 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221012016009I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATEMENT: I ENTERED A PRACTICE HOVER AUTO AS TRAINED AND HOW I HAD SUCCESFULLY PRACTICED 3 TIMES PRIOR IN THE SAME FLIGHT. INTO WIND, ROLLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO BEGIN TO SETTLE. I RAISED COLLECTIVE TO CUSHION THE LANDING, HOWEVER THIS TIME WHEN I DID SO THE HELICOPTER BALLOONED TO APX 10 FEET AND BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT. I TRIED TO ARREST THE YAW RATE WITH FULL RIGHT PEDAL. WHEN THIS PROVED INSIGNIFICANT, I PITCHED THE HELICOPTER TO UTILIZED THE WEATHERVANE EFFECT OF AIRSPEED. I LEVELED THE HELICOPTER JUST BEFORE GROUND CONTACT AND SLID ON THE SKIDS. THE SKIDS SUBSEQUENTLY FELL OF THE PAVEMENT INTO THE GRASS, DUG IN THE DIRT AND CAUSE A ROLL.

## Other reports on N250Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200930012039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200930012039A), Sep 30, 2020: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 (N250Z), Bentonville, AR, Substantial damage. Investigation: on September 30, 2020 at approximately 1507(l) near Bentonville, AR, the pilot of N250Z, [privacy data omitted] was involved in an accident that…

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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