# NTSB MIA88LA120: Robinson R-22, N90669, Hialeah, FL, March 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Hialeah, FL
- Coordinates: 25.830802, -80.279113 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8308&lon=-80.2791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32145/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA120

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS. THE FRONT PART OF THE SKIDS BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE 2 FOOT HEIGHT GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. INSTRUCTION WAS NOT TAKING PLACE, HOWEVER, THE SECOND PILOT HAD 75 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL AND WAS CURRENT & QUALIFIED FOR HELICOPTER FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90669](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90669), registered now, S/N 0119, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R-22
- Registry model: [Robinson Helicopter R22](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22) (registry code 7640102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 0119
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2C 124 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Toyoshi Kimura
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OPF, OPA LOCKA, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 14,830 total, 3 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OPF, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880307005059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880307005059A), Mar 7, 1988: Robsin R22, Hialeah, FL, Substantial damage. PIC misjudged grass height on landing in a field. Front of skids caught in grass and acft entered dynamic roll over

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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