AAIB investigation to Robinson R22 Beta, G-BXOA

Rolled onto side during experience day flight, Welshpool Airport, Powys, 1 September 2023

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
11 January 2024
Category:
General aviation - rotorcraft
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
1 September 2023
Aircraft type:
Robinson R22 Beta
Location:
Welshpool Airport, Powys
Registration:
G-BXOA

Summary

The helicopter, in a low hover, suffered from a dynamic rollover during a flight with a passenger on a helicopter experience day. The accounts of the pilot and passenger differed as to who was controlling the cyclic during the moments before the helicopter struck the ground; the AAIB investigation was unable to resolve these differences.

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