- Date
- December 23, 1992, 09:44 local (17:44 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2338MRobinson R-22B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921223051789A
- Case key
- 27890
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Probable cause
A failure of the dual student (second pilot) to properly perform the touch down, and properly assess the terrain at the point of touch down, of an intentional autorotation. Contributing to the accident was a failure of the flight instructor (first pilot) to adequately supervise the touch down at the termination of the autorotation.
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
A certificated helicopter flight instructor (first pilot) was providing proficiency training to another helicopter flight instructor (second pilot) who was occupying the left seat of the helicopter. The first pilot initiated an autorotation with a planned full touch down to a grass covered area adjacent to a runway. The first pilot reported that the second pilot was on the flight controls. After touch down, the helicopter slid about 10 feet. The landing skid dug into the ground and the helicopter rolled over on its right side. The FAA and second pilot reported that both pilots were on the flight controls at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2338M
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2150
- Airframe hours
- 629
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Csr Aviation
- Registered owner
- Manhattan Banker Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1992 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach Muni
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 1 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.