Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 29, 2026
There are 100 Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER airframes on record (built 1982–2002), 34 currently registered. 8 have one or more NTSB accident records (8 records total). Data as of Jul 29, 2026.
Recent Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER accidents
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during a precautionary, off-airport landing to sloping terrain.
Inadequate maintenance of the helicopter’s tail rotor blades, which resulted in a failure of the tail rotor drive system, and an inflight loss of yaw control from which the flight instructor was unable to recover.
Foreign object damage of the turning tailrotor by a soft-bodied object, which resulted in the sudden stoppage of the tailrotor and the catastrophic failure of the tailrotor assembly and its mount structure.
The pilot's failure to properly remove and secure the tie-down ropes during the preflight inspection, which resulted in the ropes becoming entangled in the rotor head swashplate and pitch control rods during flight and the subsequent loss of pitch control.
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.
The pilot's failure to properly execute the helicopter practice autorotation recovery, which resulted in a collision with the water.
The student pilot's decision to hover-taxi behind a jet, resulting in the helicopter encountering jet wash and rolling over.
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a pole.