ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204392
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| Date: | Saturday 24 June 1989 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 BETA |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-HBE |
| MSN: | 509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 16km NE of Kilcoy, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | 14km NE of Kilcoy, QLD |
| 16km NE of Kilcoy, QLD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot intended to land on a small knoll in a large cleared area of heavily wooded terrain. During the landing flare, the pilot noticed a lack of power accompanied by the Low Rotor RPM signal. He lowered the collective control and wound the throttle to maximum in an attempt to regain rotor RPM. In doing so, he oversped the engine and rotor and subsequently overshot the landing site. He was convinced that he had a genuine power problem and elected to land in a gully beyond the knoll. The tail rotor impacted the ground in the steeply sloping gully, resulting in the tailboom being cut off by the main rotor.
Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198903785/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1989 | VH-HBE | 0 | Archerfield Airport (YBAF), Archerfield, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Jan-2018 17:40 | Pineapple | Added |
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