ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136127
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| Date: | Friday 12 October 1984 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | Larry Cottingham |
| Registration: | N90218 |
| MSN: | 0034 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hueytown, Alabama -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
First registration as N90218 on July 4, 1980: Substantially damaged October 12, 1984 when crashed into a river a Hueytown, Alabama. The pilot (the sole person on board) survived, although severely injured. Accoarding to thre official NTSB report into the accident:
"THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RIVER WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ALLOWED ENGINE RPM TO DROP, AND AT THE SAME TIME APPLIED COLLECTIVE PITCH. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER IN A STEEP DESCENT. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
THROTTLE/POWER CONTROL, IMPROPER USE OF: PILOT IN COMMAND
ROTORCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS, IMPROPER USE OF: PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors:
TERRAIN CONDITION: WATER,GLASSY
LIGHT CONDITION: DARK NIGHT"
Despite initial assertions that the aircraft was a write off (damaged beyond repair), and the fact that the registration N90218 was cancelled on March 22, 1989, this particular Robinson R22 was rebuilt, and registered in the UK on March 28, 1989 as G-BPTR. However, as G-BPTR, it was written off for the second and final time on August 23, 1992 when it struck overhead power cables and crashed at Lower Stretton, near Warrington, Cheshire (see link #6)
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ATL85LA010 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001214X41274&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=90218
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1243
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/r22show.asp?start=1&count=50]
5. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BPTR
6. Second crash on 23-08-1992: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/web_db_edit.php?id=190180
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1982 | N90218 | Larry Cottingham | 0 | Alabaster, AL | |
sub |
| 23 August 1992 | G-BPTR | Helicopters (Northern) Ltd t/a The Helicentre | 0 | Lower Stretton, near Warrington, Cheshire |  |
w/o |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2016 21:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2016 22:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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