- Date
- October 15, 1992, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Robert Lee, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8066BRobinson R22B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921015042389A
- Case key
- 18600
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Probable cause
The loss of engine/rotor RPM for undetermined reasons.
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 a game survey the engine/rotor RPM suddenly deteriorated and the pilot executed a forced landing. During the approach to the ground the engine/rotor RPM deteriorated further and the helicopter impacted the ground hard. The cause for the power loss could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8066B
- Reported as
- Robinson R22B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1275
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Heli-Tex Inc
- Registered owner
- Heli-Tex Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1992 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · King Ranch, TX
- Destination
- NONE
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
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,900 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJT, 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.