Date:	Thursday 16 April 2009
Time:	15:25
Type:	Robinson R22 Beta
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-ODJB
MSN:	3463
Year of manufacture:	2003
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-J2A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Nottingham City Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Nottingham City Airprot, Tollerton (EGBN)
Destination airport:	Nottingham City Airprot, Tollerton (EGBN)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The helicopter was flown by the student with an instructor to Nottingham City Airport for a training exercise on hovering and hover-taxiing. After a one-hour training detail, the helicopter was hover-taxied to the parking area and shut down for a break of approximately 30 minutes. This was followed by a further, similar training exercise.

The helicopter was started up and the student hover-taxied towards the Runway 09 threshold, with the instructor following through on the controls. After about 15 minutes they re-positioned towards the grass to the south of the runway. At the time of the accident the student was hover-taxiing the helicopter slowly downwind at a height of about 5 feet, with the instructor continuing to follow through on the controls.

In the instructor’s opinion the student was performing reasonably well for the conditions. The student then began over-controlling and, without warning, made a sudden large forward cyclic control input. Before the instructor could intervene, the helicopter adopted a pronounced nose-down attitude and the front of the skids struck the ground. It then rolled onto its left side, sustaining considerable damage. Both occupants were able to exit unassisted

Registration G-ODJB cancelled by the CAA on 27/10/2009 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"

1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542301b240f0b61346000ba5/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-ODJB_11-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=ODJB
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20150606082011/http://www.helicopterlife.com/2010_01/accident.html
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=50850
5. Robinson R-22 Beta II G-ODJB at Duxford 23/09/2003: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001061840.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Nov-2009 00:37	harro	Added
18-Oct-2012 16:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Nov-2014 18:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, ]
03-Nov-2016 23:59	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]