Accident Robinson R22 beta II JA7980,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213102
 
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Date:Sunday 8 July 2018
Time:13:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic R22 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Robinson R22 beta II
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: JA7980
MSN: 3874
Year of manufacture:2005
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Kashiwa city temporary operation site, Chiba prefecture -   Japan
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Kashiwa city temporary operation site
Destination airport:Kashiwa city temporary operation site
Investigating agency: JTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
During hover taxi the helicopter rolled over onto its side.

PROBABLE CAUSES: "In this accident, it is somewhat likely that the helicopter rolled over while greatly changing the attitude because the captain was unable to perform an appropriate corrective action when the helicopter veered to the right during air-taxing due to a strong weathercock stability effect caused by a gust of wind from the right."

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: JTSB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 6 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2219
http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-air_report/JA7980.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 January 2019 JA7980 Private 0 Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture sub

Images:


Photo: JTSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Jul-2018 20:02 isamuel Added
02-Feb-2019 11:26 Aerossurance Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2019 20:04 harro Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ]

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