- Date
- July 23, 1982, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9031FRobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820723031879A
- Case key
- 71717
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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
As the student plt was practicing a hovering maneuver, the acft started moving to the left & losing altitude slowly. The CFI was adding collective pitch when the left skid contacted the ground & the acft rolled over. The left skid, m/r blades & tailboom separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9031F
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0077
- Airframe hours
- 590
- Engine
- Lycoming HO-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roto Flite Helicopter
- Registered owner
- Roto Flite Helicopter
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- MWC · Timmerman, runway 4, 2,295 × 280 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 275 in this make and model · 2,336 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Observed at
- MWC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9031F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.