# Accident 20240530005099A: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Kona, HI, May 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2024, 07:54 local time
- Place: Kona, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: RP8S
- Location: 19.6819° N, 155.8225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6819&lon=-155.8225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (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 R22 BETA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 828 total, 497 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530005099A

## Narrative

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

141 FLIGHT PILOTED BY A CFI (PIC) WAS PROVIDING HIGH ALTITUDE MOUNTAIN TRAINING INSTRUCTION TO COMMERCIAL/CFI STUDENT .  THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A PINNACLE LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 6600 FEET MSL IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN (EDGE/RIDGE OF A SMALL VOLCANO NEAR HUALALAI).  DENSITY ALTITUDE AT POINT OF IMPACT WAS ESTIMATED AT 7600 FT AND TEMPERATURE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 16-24 DEGREES CELSIUS.  DURING FINAL MOMENTS OF APPROACH THE ROTOR RPM DROOPED WITH INSUFFICIENT POWER TO ARREST THE DESCENT.  THE INSTRUCTOR CAME ON CONTROLS AND INITIATED A GO AROUND BUT WAS TOO LOW.  AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, BOUNCED, BROKE OFF LEFT GEAR AND THEN ROLLED OVER ON LEFT SIDE APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SHORT OF THE INTENDED LANDING AREA.  STUDENT AFTER ROLL OVER SECURED ENGINE AND THEN BOTH PILOTS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## 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 ANC24LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA039), May 30, 2024: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N333PJ), Kailua-Kona, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to implement the correct action for low rotor RPM recovery.

## Other reports on N333PJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20130130000819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130130000819A), Jan 30, 2013: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (N333PJ), Kailua Kona, HI, Substantial damage. Pilots were practicing straight in autorotation landing and planned power recovery. Power was applied during flare to landing(engine throttle was advanced to…

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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