Robinson R22 N9078Z

Summary

On 2 August 1987 at about 00:20 local time, a Robinson R22 registered N9078Z was involved in an accident near Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 August 1987 at 00:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Sterling, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Robinson R22

Registration

N9078Z

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sterling → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA217

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE FLYING SOLO, THE STUDENT PLT & HIS INSTRUCTOR (CFI) PRACTICED AUTOROTATIONS FOR ABOUT 1/2 HR. THE CFI DEPLANED & THE STUDENT TOOK OFF ON A SOLO FLT. HE FLEW TO A RESERVOIR AREA FOR MORE PRACTICE. AFTER DESCENDING FROM ABOUT 1000' TO 500', THE ENG LOST POWER. THE STUDENT MADE AN AUTOROTATION TO THE AN OPEN AREA NEAR THE RESERVOIR. HOWEVER, DURING TOUCHDOWN ON SLOPING TERRAIN, THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER. A POST-ACDNT EXAM WAS MADE, BUT NO ENG OR FUEL SYSTEM DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.