- Date
- March 24, 1991, 14:34 local (20:34 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2503ARobinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910324007259A
- Case key
- 15027
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Probable cause
An improper autorotation was performed by the dual student and remedial action was delayed by the CFI. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate airspeed and rotor RPM.
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 instructor plt said that while teaching and practicing straight ahead autorotation landing, rotor RPM and airspeed decayed and before corrective action was taken the helicopter landed hard which resulted in the main rotor flexing downward and severing the tail boom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2503A
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 595
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 131 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kansas Copters & Wings Inc.
- Airport
- 3AU · Augusta, runway 18, 1,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 753 total · 635 in this make and model · 681 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ICT, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.