# NTSB Accident ERA12CA137
> **ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA** · 2012-01-06 · St Petersburg, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12CA137
- **Event ID:** 20120107X81643
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-01-06
- **Location:** St Petersburg, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.750833, -82.622779
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROBINSON HELICOPTER
- **Model:** R22 BETA
- **Registration:** N8066U
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the pilot-receiving-instruction's practice autorotation that developed a high rate of descent. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-receiving-instruction's improper control inputs during the practice autorotation.

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