Robinson R-22 N202RP

Summary

On 25 September 2000 at about 22:00 local time, a Robinson R-22 registered N202RP was involved in an accident near Corvallis, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 September 2000 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Corvallis Airport (CVO)

Coordinates

44.4605, -123.3408

Aircraft

Robinson R-22

Registration

N202RP

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA00LA189

Nobody was injured.

The instructor pilot's delayed remedial action. Factors include the student's failure to properly initiate a flare, and the soft terrain immediately adjacent to the taxiway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a practice autorotation to a power recovery, the student failed to properly initiate a flare. Because the CFI did not intervene soon enough, the helicopter inadvertently made contact with the taxiway surface and bounced back into the air. The CFI took control of the aircraft, but because the rotor rpm was low, the helicopter settled to the taxiway a second time. At that point, the instructor transitioned to a run-on landing, but one skid slid off the side of the runway and encountered soft terrain. The skid then sank into the terrain and the aircraft nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.