Accident · 1994-01-24

NTSB case MIA94LA060 · ROBINSON R-22 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1994-01-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: ROBINSON R-22 (N525BW)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: LONDON HELICOPER INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): LONDON HELICOPER INC. — None Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S DELAYED REACTION TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE CONTROLS AND HIS FAILURE TO RELEASE THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

Source: NTSB case MIA94LA060

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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