- Date
- July 14, 2026, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N30CHRobinson R22
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-hover: Dynamic rollover
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 203419
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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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30CH
- Reported as
- Robinson R22 (Beta II)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 4944
- Built
- 2026
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlotte Helicopter Academy
- Registered owner
- Sale Reported
- Airport
- EQY · Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport
N30CHRegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA IIAirframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22 BETA IIEngine modelLycoming O-360-J2A
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KEQY
- METAR
- METAR KEQY 142153Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM BKN050 31/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T03110189=