- Date
- April 10, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90736Robinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820410008689A
- Case key
- 71668
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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
After landing in a practice area the instructor told the student to pick the helicopter up to a hover. The aircraft lifted off the ground to approximately 5 feet and yawed to the right 45 degrees. As the instructor applied left pedal and lowered collective the student applied left cyclic. Before the instructor could apply corrective action the helicopter's left skid struck the ground and the aircraft rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90736
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 232
- Airframe hours
- 108
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Superstition Air Service
- Registered owner
- Superstition Air Service
- Departed
- Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- Mesa, AZ
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,104 total · 16 in this make and model · 3,775 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.