Robinson R22 accident near Dryden, NY
On October 16, 2008, a Robinson R22 (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Dryden, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 16, 2008
- Place
- Dryden, NY
- Aircraft
- Robinson R22 · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.418°N, 76.388°W
- NTSB ID
- 20081019X15543
Official records · ERA09FA022
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 16, 2008 at 1341 eastern daylight time, a Robinson R22 Beta, N943MH, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while in cruise flight near Dryden, New York. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight which departed Norwich Airport (OIC), Norwich, New York, about 1315. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. An Alert Notice (ALNOT) for the missing helicopter was issued on October 17, 2008, when it failed to arrive at its intended destination. The ALNOT was originally canceled when the helicopter was mistakenly identified at Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, but later reissued on October 18, 2008. The helicopter was found following an air and ground search by the Civil Air Patrol on October 19, 2008. Radar data revealed that the helicopter was on a westerly heading, in a shallow descent, about 6 miles south of the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH) when the radar target identified as the accident helicopter disappeared. The last target was depicted at 1,900 feet mean sea level (msl), about 1 mile from the accident site; a north-south ridgeline that reached 1,600 feet msl elevation. Track log data recovered from the pilot's hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver also revealed a shallow descent, with the final altitude read-out depicting the helicopter at a GPS altitude of 1,734 feet msl in the vicinity of the crash site. The last calculated velo
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
