- Date
- July 14, 1991, 12:02 local (16:02 UTC)
- Place
- White Plains, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2446XRobinson R-22B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910714027309A
- Case key
- 36962
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to ensure the helicopter had no lateral motion upon touchdown.
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 helicopter was approaching to land at an airport with restrictive noise abatement procedures. The pilot arrived over the airport, approximately 1000 feet AGL and was cleared to a taxiway. The pilot described the descent as steep and he missed his desired landing area. The pilot elected to land in a grassy area near the designated landing area, however, he touched down with a left lateral movement and upon touchdown, the helicopter rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2446X
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0576
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Engle Helicopter, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Engle Helicopter, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Airport
- HPN · Westchester County
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,148 total · 1,096 in this make and model · 1,070 as pilot in command · 216 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.