- Date
- July 11, 1992, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2316HRobinson R-22BETA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920711024959A
- Case key
- 27684
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance between the helicopter and the terrain while hover taxing.
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 pilot was hover taxiing in a dry stream bed in a canyon. The helicopter's right skid caught on the stream bank as the pilot attempted to increase his altitude. The helicopter rolled over during the subsequent uncontrolled descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2316H
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22BETA
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1997
- Airframe hours
- 583
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 131 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kyodo Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kyodo Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PRB
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 166 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °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.