- Date
- September 15, 1982, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9065DRobinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820915046649A
- Case key
- 69855
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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
During practice autorotation with power recovery student was late in applying power and aircraft touched down and rolled over. Instructor tried to recover but was also too late in application of remedial action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9065D
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0148
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tejas Helicopters Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tejas Helicopters Inc.
- Departed
- 3R3 · Austin, TX
- Destination
- 3R3 · Austin, TX
- Airport
- 3R3 · Tims Airpark, runway 36, 4,000 × 48 ft, macadam
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,454 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,175 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.