- Date
- November 29, 1988, 11:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Sharon, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9035URobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881129071559A
- Case key
- 36343
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Probable cause
Engine power loss while landing due to fuel exhaustion.
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
After the instructor pilot took control of the helicopter for a landing, the helicopter lost power. The pilot autorotated to a hard landing and the helicopter rolled over onto its right side. A post accident examination of the engine did not reveal any mechanical discrepancies, however only 3/10TH of a gallon of fuel was found in the fuel system. The fuel capacity is 19.8 gallons of which 19.2 gallons is useable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9035U
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0088
- Airframe hours
- 2,439
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dave Manning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1988
- Departed
- 1MA3 · South Boston, MA
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 997 total · 941 in this make and model · 898 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °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.