- Date
- October 21, 1982, 15:44 local (19:44 UTC)
- Place
- Indian Hill, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9015RRobinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821021054649A
- Case key
- 71145
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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
The helicopter was observed circling an athletic field. During the third pass over the field it was observed to come to a near hover immediately followed by a tailrotor separation. The manufacturer issued a safety notice 12/4/81 & again on 10/4/82 stressing the importance of maintaining rotor RPM & airspeed. On 10/27/82 NTSB issued safety recommendations A-82-143 & -144 to suspend the airworthiness certificate of the R-22 until (1) main rotor syst stability/stall characteristics & m/r RPM decay rates are determined to provide adequate margins of safety & to be compatible with normal plt reaction times, & until the m/r system is determined to be in compliance with 14CFR27.661. The board recommended a study be conducted to verify that adequate eng torque is available to the m/r system to recover RPM shoulda rapid decay of RPM occur during flt. An AD was issued requiring raising the actuation RPM setting for the low RPM warning light & requiring that a lowrotor RPM warning light be installed on a R-22'S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9015R
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0010
- Airframe hours
- 825
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-27A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Colerain Investment
- Registered owner
- Colerain Investment
- Departed
- C · Chillicothe, OH
- Destination
- C · Cincinnati, OH
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,662 total · 18 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9015R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.