Accident · 1993-05-07

NTSB case LAX93LA208 · ROBINSON R-22 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-05-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: ROBINSON R-22 (N4071G)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: PARFLITE INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): PARFLITE INCORPORATED

Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ACCOMPLISH THE PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BY NOT IMMEDIATELY LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE TO REGAIN MAIN ROTOR RPM. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF A CRUISE ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR CONTINGENCY SITUATIONS.

Source: NTSB case LAX93LA208

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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