- Date
- January 29, 2011, 11:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place
- Anoka, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7195BRobinson Helicopter R22 Beta
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Dynamic rollover
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Minneapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110129000719A
- Case key
- 78262
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Probable cause
The student pilot's control inputs that resulted in an inadvertent dynamic rollover and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The certified flight instructor (CFI) was providing instruction to the student pilot, who had 3 hours of total flight time. The student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings. During an attempted takeoff, the left skid did not lift off and the helicopter experienced a dynamic rollover, which is when the helicopter pivots about the skid remaining on the ground and enters a rolling motion that cannot be corrected with full lateral cyclic input. The helicopter rolled over on its left side and sustained substantial damage to its primary fuselage structure. The operator of the helicopter reported that at the time of the accident the student pilot had not learned how to hover. According to the company’s flight training syllabus, the CFI should not have been providing instruction in takeoffs and landings until the student pilot was able to safely hover the helicopter.
Factual narrative
The certified flight instructor (CFI) was providing instruction to the student pilot who had 3 hours of total flight time. The student pilot was practicing “pickups and set downs.” During an attempted pickup, the left skid did not lift off, and the helicopter experienced a dynamic rollover. The helicopter rolled over on its left side and sustained substantial damage to its primary fuselage structure. The operator of the helicopter reported that at the time of the accident, the student pilot had not learned how to hover. According to the company’s flight training syllabus, the CFI should not have been providing instruction in pickups and set downs until the student pilot was able to safely hover the helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7195B
- Reported as
- Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3159
- Airframe hours
- 2,738
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Complete Helicopters Inc
- Registered owner
- Complete Helicopters Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 2011
- Departed
- ANE · Anoka, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Anoka, MN
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- ANE · Anoka County - Blaine Airport
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- October 30, 2009
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,607 total · 1,438 in this make and model · 1,559 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3 total · 3 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Observed at
- ANE
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 842 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.