- Date
- May 6, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N191KCRobinson R-22 Beta
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920506013549A
- Case key
- 8505
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Probable cause
A divergence of the main rotor from its normal plane of rotation for an undetermined reason, which resulted in rotor contact to the cockpit area.
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
The pilot had notified jackson automated flight service station of his intention to fly from jackson, TN, to tullahoma, TN, at 3000' MSL. Along the route near mount Pleasant, witnesses heard a loud bang. Shortly afterwards, wreckage from the helicopter was found scattered over a 1500' pasture area. Examination of the wreckage revealed that a main rotor blade had diverged from its normal plane of rotation & struck the left door frame in-flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. About 35 miles north-northeast at nashville, the 1647 CDT surface wind was reported to be from 010 degrees at 10 gusting 21 knots; winds aloft at 3000' were reported as 22 knots. Dark clouds were reported northwest of the accident site. There was no evidence of mechanical malfunction prior to the in-flight strike of the airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N191KC
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1818
- Airframe hours
- 469
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 161 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kansas Copter & Wings, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kansas Copter & Wings, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MKL · Jackson, TN
- Destination
- RDU · Raleigh, NC
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 57 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 35 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.