- Date
- December 21, 2007, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N844SHRobinson R22 Beta
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20071221830789I
- Case key
- 67334
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the flight instructor, the commercial student was performing a hover autorotation from a skid height of one foot. The instructor wrote that yaw was minimal and the helicopter drifted slightly to the left. The helicopter touched down left skid first, then briefly hopped to the left. The student then taxied the helicopter to parking. A postflight examination of the helicopter revealed substantial damage. The instructor reported no anomalies with any of the helicopter systems.
Factual narrative
According to the written statement submitted by the flight instructor, the commercial student was performing a "hover autorotation from a skid height of one foot." The instructor wrote that yaw was minimal and the helicopter drifted slightly to the left. The helicopter "touched down "left skid first, then briefly hopped to the left. The student then taxied the helicopter to parking. A postflight examination of the helicopter revealed that the vertical frame tube was bowed and the bottom cross member was bent. The instructor reported no anomalies with any of the helicopter systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N844SH
- Reported as
- Robinson R22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3824
- Airframe hours
- 2,648
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-J2A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silver State Helicopters LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 2007
- Departed
- K1V6 · Walsenburg, CO
- Destination
- KPUB · Pueblo, CO
- Airport
- KPUB · Pueblo Memorial Airport
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
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,177 total · 403 in this make and model · 348 in the last 90 days · 91 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2007
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 32 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.62 inHg
- Observed at
- KPUB, 1 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.
Other investigations on N844SH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.