ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297691
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| Date: | Saturday 5 January 2002 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | Ww Helicopters |
| Registration: | N215WW |
| MSN: | 0930 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7510 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Troy, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | East Troy , WI (57C) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter sustained substantial damage when the left, rear landing skid cross tube collapsed during landing. The CFI reported they taxied to the parallel taxiway of runway 26 to practice hovering autorotations. He reported, "I demonstrated three of them and then [the pilot receiving instruction] performed two. About a second or so after the touchdown on [the pilot receiving instruction's] 2nd hovering auto, the left skid collapsed and the helicopter slowly and gently rolled onto it's left side. The main rotor blades made contact with the ground and came to a stop." He reported, "All hovering autos were performed into the wind from a stabilized hover of 3-5 feet agl. All were terminated with the skids close to parallel with the taxiway without any hard landings." The cross tubes had about 1,500 hours since the last major overhaul. The aircraft had flown 9.6 hours since the last 100 hour inspection. An A
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA061
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1994 | N31MK | Private | 0 | Honolulu, HI | |
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| 21 May 1999 | N215WW | W.w. Helicopters L.l.c. | 0 | East Troy, WI | |
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| 8 May 2004 | N215WW | W W Helicopters, LLC. | 0 | Genesee Depot, Wisconsin | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 07:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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