Orlando Heli Air INC. TR-2000 accident near Lakeland, Florida, April 25, 1998
On April 25, 1998 at about 12:20 pm local time, a Orlando Heli Air INC. TR-2000, an amateur-built aircraft,, registered N202TR, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lakeland, Florida (Lakeland-Linder Regional airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touch down point (landed left of runway) on landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 25, 1998 · about 12:20 pm local time
- Place
- Lakeland, Florida · Lakeland-Linder Regional · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Orlando Heli Air INC. TR-2000, amateur-built
- Registration
- N202TR · no longer on the register · serial 2001
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot landed to the left of the designated runway, collided with a raised portion of a taxiway, became airborne, and collided with the ground hard in a nose down right wing low attitude. The right main landing gear separated, and the airplane rotated around the vertical axis to the left. The left wing tip collided with the ground and the airplane nosed down coming to rest on its nose.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; single-engine sea
- Flight time: 5,000 hours in all; 75 in this make and model; 10 in the last 90 days; 6 in the last 30 days
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rear
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 75 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, April 21, 1997; 75 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,460 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Thruct In TR-200 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: LAL at 11:20 am
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 9, 3,000 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 040° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 68°F (20°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 12:55 pm from LAL
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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