Accident · 1993-08-04

NTSB case MIA93LA170 · ROBINSON R22 B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-08-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: ROBINSON R22 B (N24049)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: AMERICAN HELICOPTERS LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

THE COMMERCIAL RATED STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO INSURE THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE STUDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE STUDENT LETTING GO OF THE CONTROLS WHILE IN A HOVER.

Source: NTSB case MIA93LA170

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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