ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168073
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| Date: | Friday 20 June 2014 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Star Helicopters |
| Registration: | N681SH |
| MSN: | 3430 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Hawthorne, CA (HHR/KHHR) |
| Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, California (LGB/KLGB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a solo training flight, the student pilot was maneuvering the helicopter while attempting to land and overshot the landing pad. Before returning to the landing pad, the helicopter began to turn to the right and he applied corrective left pedal input, however the right turn continued and accelerated. The pilot believed either the tailrotor failed or there was a loss of tailrotor effectiveness and lowered the collective. The helicopter touched down still turning with a slight nose up pitch and subsequently rolled over onto the left side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tailboom and main rotor drive system.
A postaccident examination of the airframe revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering for landing. Aircraft presumably written off (damaged beyond repair) as the registration N681SH was cancelled by the FAA on June 29 2017 (three years later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
2. FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=681SH
3. http://helihub.com/2014/06/20/20-jun-14-n681sh-robinson-r22-long-beach-us-california/
4. http://www.star-helicopters.com/aerial-services/aircraft-helicopter-leasing/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2014 17:47 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 25-Aug-2014 22:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 22:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-Sep-2014 19:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 07-Feb-2016 17:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2016 18:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2016 18:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 15:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 20:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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