- Date
- October 14, 1990, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Woonsocket, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N666URobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901014045849A
- Case key
- 36824
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude above the terrain to avoid getting the right skid caught in the grass, resulting in a loss of control.
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
The pilot was maneuvering the helicopter at a hover about 6 inches above the grass. The right skid hit the grass causing the helicopter to rollover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666U
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 11036
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 131 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rhedon Aviaton Corp.
- Departed
- SFZ · Cranston, RI
- Destination
- SFZ
- Airport
- SF2 · North Central
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.