# NTSB Accident NYC08LA060
> **ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA** · 2007-12-12 · Plant City, FL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC08LA060
- **Event ID:** 20080109X00033
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-12-12
- **Location:** Plant City, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28, -82.158607
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROBINSON HELICOPTER
- **Model:** R22 BETA
- **Registration:** N7188J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A loss of rotor drive due to excessive slack and breakage of the drive belts. Contributing to the accident was the pilot departing in the helicopter after the rotor engagement time during engine start exceeded the time outlined in the pilot's operating handbook.

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