- Date
- May 14, 1990, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Mary'S, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90778Robinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900514015909A
- Case key
- 14462
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to see and avoid wires in his operating 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
A three point landing was being made on runway 19. The pilot said, '...I had a little weather vane to the right, I corrected to the left but with a little too much causing me to leave the pavement onto the grass.' As he turned left to avoid striking runway lights, the left wing tip struck a tree and the airplane spun to the left. The pilot further stated, '...more time by PIC would have prevented accid [SIC] low time by PIC.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90778
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0280
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-BA2, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Aerial Helicopter Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 20, 1990 · 60 hours before
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.