Accident: Robinson R22
Oct 18, 2020 · Winder, GA
NTSB numberERA21LA024Event id20201019102162
- 0
- Fatalities
- 1
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the engine cooling fan attachment bolts, leading to vibration of the cooling fan, the overextension of the tension belt actuator, the failure of the drive system vee-belts, and the loss of power to the rotor system. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the operator to incorporate the manufacturer’s service bulletin addressing the prevention of belt tension actuator overextension, and the failure of maintenance personnel and the pilot to observe the loose fanwheel bolts during the most recent 100-hour inspection and during the preflight inspection of the helicopter (respectively).
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Robinson R22
- Registration
- N566BC
- Year built
- 2008
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern downwind Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Barrow County Airport (WDR)1 nm (2 km) south
- Gwinnett County Briscoe Field (LZU)15 nm (27 km) west
- Athens Ben Epps Airport (AHN)17 nm (32 km) east
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