Accident · 2004-10-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-10-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Robinson R-22 (N220CK)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The flight crew's excessive descent rate during landing, resulting in a hard landing, and the tail boom being severed.
Source: NTSB case MIA05CA002Flight 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.