- Date
- March 22, 1996, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21077Robinson R-22-BETA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960322004859A
- Case key
- 37995
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Probable cause
the flight instructor's failure to properly supervise the dual student and take corrective action before control was lost. Contributing to the accident was the dual student's overcontrol of the helicopter during hover.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After establishing a hover at 3 feet, the student overcontrolled causing the helicopter to drift to the left and descend. The left skid contacted the ground and the helicopter rolled over to the left.
Factual narrative
On March 22, 1996, about 1635 eastern standard time, a Robinson R-22 Beta, N21077, registered to Jetlease Finance Corp. and operated by International Helicopter Academy, Inc., crashed while hovering at Flagler County Airport, Bunnell, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The helicopter received substantial damage and the commercial-rated flight instructor and non-rated dual student were not injured. The flight originated from Bunnell, Florida, the same day about 1630.
The flight instructor stated that the non-rated dual student was flying the helicopter. After lifting off to a 3-foot hover the dual student over controlled the helicopter and it drifted to the left and descended. The left skid contacted the ground and the helicopter rolled over to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21077
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22-BETA
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1113
- Airframe hours
- 1,149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- International Helicopter Acad., doing business as Wing And Rotor International
- Registered owner
- Jetlease Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 25, 1996 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- X47
- Airport
- X47 · Flagler County
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 360 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 19 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.