Date:	Wednesday 23 May 1990
Time:	19:55
Type:	Robinson R22 Beta
Owner/operator:	Management Counsel Inc
Registration:	N8064K
MSN:	1257
Year of manufacture:	1989
Total airframe hrs:	89 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-J2A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hampton, Georgia (FAA LID: 4A7)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE LOW ROTOR RPM LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REACH A CLEAR AREA FOR LANDING, BUT THE HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND THEN THE GROUND. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOST POWER IN FLIGHT; HOWEVER, NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR THE REPORTED LOSS OF POWER.

THE PILOT HAD LOGGED ABOUT 4298 HOURS OF FLYING TIME, BUT HE ONLY HAD ABOUT 98 HOURS IN HELICOPTERS. HE HAD RECEIVED HIS HELICOPTER RATING ONLY EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

CAUSE: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE PRESENCE OF TREES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

1. NTSB Identification: ATL90FA117 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X23062&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=8064K
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1182
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ga/N8064K/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
19-Aug-2016 12:39	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Sep-2016 19:53	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:23	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]