Date:	Thursday 6 January 2022
Time:	day
Type:	Robinson R-22 Beta
Owner/operator:	HQ Aviation Ltd
Registration:	G-OVNR
MSN:	1634
Year of manufacture:	1990
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Denham Airport (EGLD)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Robinson R-22 Beta G-OVNR: Substantially damaged 6 January 2022 when taking off on a training sortie from Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only report, and the following is the summary from that report:

"Excessive yaw developed while lifting on the student’s second solo flight. The helicopter was substantially damaged when the main rotors made contact with the tail boom".

Robinson R-22 Beta G-OVNR was first UK registered on 24 December 1990, and, at the time of the above incident, was with its 14th owner from new.

1. AAIB Correspondence-only report dated 9 June 2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-march-april-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-march-april-2022
2. https://helihub.com/2022/01/06/06-jan-22-g-ovnr-robinson-r22-denham-uk/
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/51268/
4. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-OVNR

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2022 19:38	Dr. John Smith	Added