- Date
- July 11, 1984, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Henderson, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8518WRobinson R-22A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840711034499A
- Case key
- 21394
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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
The instructor plt stated that the student plt landed the helicopter. As the helicopter touched down and was still light on its skids the student applied left cyclic control and the helicopter started to roll towards the left. The student plt froze on the controls and the instructor could not put in countering controls before the helicopter rolled over on its left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8518W
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 425
- Airframe hours
- 24
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Pinnell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- F12 · Rusk County
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG, 35 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.