We’re searching for an R22 Helicopter that Crashed in Lake Cumberland On September 7, 2002. With the GPS coordinates in hand, the mission is to find the sunken Robinson Helicopter believed to be over 100′ deep in Lake Cumberland, Kentucky… 🚁🤕
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MISSING (Pt 2): R22 HELICOPTER CRASHED 115′ Underwater!
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In this episode of Adventures with Purpose, we travel to Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, in search of a lost Robinson R22 Helicopter after it crashed in 2002 during the filming of a poker run.
NTSB Factual Report
On September 7, 2002, about 1230 eastern daylight time, a Robinson R-22B, N707RG, was substantially damaged after it impacted a lake and sank while maneuvering near Jamestown, Kentucky. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger were not injured.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the aerial photography flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the helicopter was being utilized by a photographer to take pictures of boats during a race conducted on Lake Cumberland.
The pilot said the helicopter was about 200 feet above the lake, and he had been flying for more than an hour, when he spotted a boat that was not previously photographed.
The pilot made a left turn and began a decent to keep pace with the boat. He further stated:
“…I noticed an abnormal sink rate and put in aft cyclic. The rate did not arrest, so I brought in more aft cyclic along with collective power. As I came into about 50 to 100 feet agl, I heard a low RPM warning horn. I continued to slow the [helicopter], while rolling on throttle. The descent rate brought the [helicopter] in contact with the water.”
The helicopter sank and came to rest at a depth of about 115 feet. It was not recovered.
The pilot reported approximately 1,437 hours of total rotorcraft flight experience, which included about 650 hours in make and model.
The helicopter was maintained under a manufacturer’s inspection program, and was inspected the day before the accident. It had been operated about 7 hours since the inspection. The helicopter was manufactured in 2001 and had accumulated about 505 hours since new.
NTSB Probable Cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate, which resulted in low rotor rpm and a collision with water.
While we did not recover the sunken helicopter this time, we are heading back in January with another search team and very hopeful that we will succeed this time in finding the helicopter and bringing it to the surface.
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