- Date
- September 9, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9033BRobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860909086589A
- Case key
- 30419
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - inadequateCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Autorotation - performed
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
On a student pilot's third solo supervised flight, the pilot placed the throttle in detent, became confused, and autorotated into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9033B
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0053
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Training Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
N9033BRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Robinson Helicopter R22Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2 total · 2 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9033B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.