Accident · 1989-10-19

NTSB case NYC90LA015 · ROBINSON R22 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-10-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: ROBINSON R22 (N8024W)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: AMERICAN HELICOPTERS LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN HELICOPTERS CORP.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE HELICOPTER DURING A POWER OFF AUTOROTATION RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND A MAIN ROTOR BLADE SEVERING THE TAILBOOM. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A GUSTY WIND AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT AND POWERPLANT CONTROLS IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICE.

Source: NTSB case NYC90LA015

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.

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