# NTSB investigations: Robinson Helicopter R44 II, 2010

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 CEN11CA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA126.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Hemphill, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 22, 2010 · N841SA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper decision to carry an unauthorized passenger and the passenger’s loss of control of the helicopter during take-off.
- [NTSB CEN10LA556](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA556.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Duluth, MN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 2010 · N145DM · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent due to spatial disorientation.
- [NTSB WPR10LA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA458.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Mammoth, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 2010 · N2153S · Substantial damage
  > Dynamic rollover of the helicopter during a precautionary landing.
- [NTSB ERA10FA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA403.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Blairsville, GA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 2010 · N34JS · Substantial damage
  > The non-instrument-rated pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
- [NTSB CEN10CA417](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA417.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Shreveport, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 19, 2010 · N721BB · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during takeoff, resulting in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness and a subsequent hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR10LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA354.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2010 · N944DW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control while attempting to move the helicopter laterally without first lifting it fully off its landing platform.
- [NTSB CEN10CA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA369.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 4, 2010 · N74546 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the helicopter, resulting in impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to ensure the door was properly secured prior to flight.
- [NTSB ERA10WA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA133.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Restauracion, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic · Accident · 2 fatal · Foreign investigation · Feb 4, 2010 · N7535F · Destroyed
  > On February 4, 2010, about 1940 Atlantic standard time, a Robinson R44II helicopter, N7535F, impacted the side of Mount Jina Mocha, in the city of Restauracion, Dominican Republic, at night, while en route from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Cibao International…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2010
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7640122', '7640123'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7640122&year=2010

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