ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133309
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Date: | Thursday 13 January 1994 |
Time: | 16:30 |
Type: | Robinson R-22 |
Owner/operator: | Husta Aviation |
Registration: | N931KC |
MSN: | 2318 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Total airframe hrs: | 259 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Miami, Florida -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Opa Locka, Florida (OPF/KOPF) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On January 13, 1994, about 16:30 EST (Eastern Standard Time), a Robinson R22, N931KC, registered to Husta Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with terrain in cruise flight. The helicopter was destroyed. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Opa Locka, Florida, about 15 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated that she was operating with the cabin doors removed from the helicopter. While in cruise flight between 100 to 300 feet agl she looked outside of the helicopter and her glasses blew off. She directed the passenger, who has a private pilot with a single engine land airplane rating, to fly the helicopter while she looked outside trying to locate her glasses. The passenger descended to 4 to 5 feet agl, and made two low passes over the field while she continued to look for her glasses. She heard the passenger state, "Lori, Lori," and heard the rotor rpm horn blaring. She took the flight controls and lowered the collective pitch. The helicopter collided with the ground and rolled over on its right side.
Review of airman records on file with the Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, revealed the pilot did not hold an instructor rating in helicopters. The passenger did not hold an airman rating in helicopters, and his medical certificate is expired.
PROBABLE CAUSE:The pilot-in-command's improper supervision of an unqualified pilot while maneuvering at a low altitude. This resulted in a loss in rotor rpm due to improper flight control input (upward collective pitch), and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.
NOTE: Despite the NTSB assertions that the helicopter was a write off (damaged beyond economic repair), it was repaired/rebuilt, and re-registered in Canada, becoming C-GQHD from November 29, 1994.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA94LA051 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001206X00665&ntsbno=MIA94LA051&akey=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=931KC 3.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=37510 4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/r22show.asp?start=2301&count=50]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Sep-2016 16:22 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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