- Date
- September 21, 2007, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2341JRobinson R-22 Beta
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070921021629A
- Case key
- 66734
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Probable cause
Proper descent rate not obtained/maintained during a pinnacle approach.
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 stated he was demonstrating a pinnacle approach and landing during a check ride. He stated the "Angle of approach was too great and too much collective was given which led to a rotor stall." The helicopter subsequently collided with terrain and rolled over resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The commercial pilot stated he was demonstrating a pinnacle approach and landing to a Designated Pilot Examiner during a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) check ride. He stated the "Angle of approach was too great and too much collective was given which led to a rotor stall." The helicopter subsequently collided with terrain and rolled over resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2341J
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2187
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Corvallis Aer Service
- Registered owner
- Pacific Rim Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KBDN · Bend, OR
- Airport
- S07 · Bend Muni, runway unk
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 180 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F
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 N2341J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.