- Date
- October 14, 2022, 17:11, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N306MBRobinson Helicopter R44
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Roll over
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221014017499A
- Case key
- 106131
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s misjudged landing point which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was attempting to land on a mobile helipad. During the landing the helicopter landed “off center” and rolled over onto its side. The helicopter collided with the terrain and sustained substantial damage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would preclude normal operation. The helicopter was examined by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector after the accident. The examination confirmed that the airframe and main rotor blades were substantially damaged. No flight control anomalies were discovered that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N306MB
- Reported as
- Robinson Helicopter R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2439
- Built
- 2016
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-F1B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Joel Vela, doing business as Leading Edge Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Spitzer Helicopter LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 17, 2022
- Departed
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Intl
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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
- 25
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Military
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 31, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 297 total · 19 in this make and model · 148 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KDAB, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KDAB 142053Z 04010KT 10SM FEW040 FEW100 27/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02720189 56005
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 7, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.