- Date
- September 10, 2002, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Maryland Height, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8372BRobinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 55921
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Probable cause
Dynamic rollover due to the flight instructor's improper control inputs and the flight instructor's unsuccessful remedial actions. A contributing factor is the passenger's inadvertent movement of the cyclic control.
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 helicopter impacted the terrain while hovering and rolled over. The certified flight instructor reported that he was giving an introductory hovering demonstration lesson. He reported, "Helicopter caught a gust. Passenger accidentally pushed the cyclic to left. Instructor pilot was surprised and tried to grab the cyclic back. It was to late, left skid touched the ground and the helicopter had a dynamic rollover."
Factual narrative
On September 10, 2002, at 1030 central daylight time, a Robinson R-22, N8372B, operated by Pujji Inc., sustained substantial damaged at the Creve Coeur Airport (1H0), Maryland Heights, Missouri, when it impacted the terrain while hovering and rolled over. The certified flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight departed 1H0 at 0930 on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed.
The certified flight instructor reported that he was giving an introductory hovering demonstration lesson. He reported, "Helicopter caught a gust. Passenger accidentally pushed the cyclic to left. Instructor pilot was surprised and tried to grab the cyclic back. It was to late, left skid touched the ground and the helicopter had a dynamic rollover."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8372B
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 330
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pujji Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1H0 · Maryland Height, MO
- Airport
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur Airport, runway 25
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 4,210 total · 816 in this make and model
- Role
- Student pilot
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day