- Date
- April 6, 1991, 11:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24176Robinson R22 Beta
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910406010999A
- Case key
- 41406
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial action to correct the imminent dynamic rollover. Factors to the accident were: the pilot's poorly planned approach and lack of totoal flight experience.
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
During a solo instructional flight, the pilot was practiicng hover to landing maneuvers. During the landing, the pilot noted that the helicopter's attitude was titled to the left. The pilot applied right cyclic to stabilize the hover. However, the left skid contacted the ground. The helicopter continued to roll to the left and came to rest on its side. The pilot reported that there were no mechaanical failures or malfunctions with the helicopter at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24176
- Reported as
- Robinson R22 Beta
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0563
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Classic Helicopter
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BFI, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.