# NTSB Accident WPR13LA025
> **ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R22 MARINER** · 2012-10-27 · Lake Havasu, AZ, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR13LA025
- **Event ID:** 20121027X02310
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-10-27
- **Location:** Lake Havasu, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.423889, -114.2975
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- **Model:** R22 MARINER
- **Registration:** N2627M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s unintentional and unrecognized entry into a vortex ring state as a result of conducting a course reversal turn into a tailwind while at a low altitude and airspeed, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into water.

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