- Date
- May 23, 1990, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Griffin, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8064KRobinson R22 Beta
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900523017079A
- Case key
- 8131
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason. The presence of trees in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After about ten minutes of flight, the low rotor RPM light illuminated. The pilot attempted to reach a clear area for landing, but the helicopter collided with a tree & then the ground. Witnesses at the scene reported that the engine had lost power inflight; however, no reason was found for the reported loss of power. The pilot had logged about 4298 hours of flying time, but he only had about 98 hours in helicopters. He had received his helicopter rating only eight days before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8064K
- Reported as
- Robinson R22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1257
- Airframe hours
- 89
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Management Counsel, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,298 total · 89 in this make and model · 4,083 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.