Accident Robinson R22 Beta VH-JKS, Tuesday 21 February 1995

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Date:	Tuesday 21 February 1995
Time:	09:35
Type:	Robinson R22 Beta
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-JKS
MSN:	0995
Year of manufacture:	1989
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-J2A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kununurra Airport (YPKU), Kununurra, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Valentine Falls, WA
Destination airport:	YPKU
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The instructor and student were practising engine out landings, to touchdown, on a grassed area of the airport. On the accident approach, ground speed had been reduced to below five knots before the aircraft touched down. As the aircraft slid along on its skids they dug into the soft ground and the helicopter pitched forward until the main rotor blades struck the ground. The helicopter then rolled onto its right side. The instructor was aware of the soft ground and was monitoring the approach carefully. Because the ground speed was low, the instructor was not expecting any problems with the landing and, as a result, he had insufficient time to take corrective action before the main rotor blades struck the ground.

Accident investigation: