Robinson R22 crash near West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Name: Helicopter crash — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Start: 2017-02-06
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

unknown2017-02-06

Summary

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain helicopter control while demonstrating lowrotor rpm operations from a hover.

Incident details

Date

2017-02-06

Location

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Aircraft

Operator

Cloud 9 Helicopters

Operator type

civil

Fatalities

Injuries

Probable cause

Pilot error

Phase of flight

cruise

Weather

VMC

Source

26.8458, -80.2222

Quick stats

Severityunknown

Fatalities0

Injuries0

SourceNTSB CAROL

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