# NTSB investigations: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA: Miscellaneous/other

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN19LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA245.md): Robinson R22 · Water Valley, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 8, 2019 · N334DC · Substantial damage
  > The loss of helicopter performance for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CEN19LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA106.md): Robinson R22 · Madill, OK · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 20, 2019 · N7782H · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the V-belts due to improper maintenance, which resulted in the loss of power to the helicopter's rotor system and subsequent forced landing on rough terrain.
- [NTSB GAA18CA483](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA483.md): Robinson R22 · Ocean City, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 10, 2018 · N92TR · Substantial damage
  > 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 rollover.
- [NTSB CEN18CA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18CA240.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Encino, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 26, 2018 · N122CH · Substantial damage
  > The gunner's failure to ensure that the net would not ensnare the helicopter's skids once deployed, which resulted in the pilot being unable to maintain helicopter control as the bull pulled on the net and subsequent impact with terrain.
- [NTSB CEN18CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18CA294.md): Robinson R22 · Sterling City, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 17, 2018 · N410MM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper decision to exit the helicopter without shutting down the engine, which allowed the collective/throttle to increase and resulted in a loss of control of the unattended helicopter.
- [NTSB GAA18CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA129.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 · Wadsworth, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 13, 2018 · N843SH · Substantial damage
  > The passenger’s gun becoming lodged in the flight controls during takeoff and his failure to remove it, which resulted in impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR13CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA027.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Hanapepe, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 29, 2012 · N216AB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. Contributing to the pilot’s decision to land in an unsuitable landing area was his lack of helicopter experience, which led him to misidentify the precursor event.
- [NTSB WPR13LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA003.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Rockport, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 2012 · N80140 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient rotor rpm during a precautionary landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA12CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA137.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · St Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 6, 2012 · N8066U · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the pilot-receiving-instruction's practice autorotation that developed a high rate of descent. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-receiving-instruction's improper control inputs during the…
- [NTSB ERA11CA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA448.md): Robinson R22 · Titusville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 11, 2011 · N62JF · Substantial damage
  > The private pilot's incorrect manipulation of the engine mixture control which resulted in an inadvertent engine shutdown.
- [NTSB CEN09CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA271.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Harlingen, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 29, 2009 · N2560Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to leave the helicopter unattended with the engine running in gusty wind conditions.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7640110', '7640103')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '900'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/cases?model=7640110

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.