Heck of an Arm or really low?

[havoc]

IDENTIFICATION Date: 17-APR-23 Time: 22:30:00Z
Regis#: N7196W
Aircraft Make: ROBINSON Aircraft Model: R22
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
LOCATION
City: MERTZON State: TEXAS Country: UNITED STATES DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT WAS THROWN BY A SUSPECT BEING CHASED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MERTZON, TX. INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation:
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: LUBBOCK FSDO Entry Date: 19-APR-23 Updated since entry: No

[minigundiplomat]

Originally Posted by havoc

IDENTIFICATION Date: 17-APR-23 Time: 22:30:00Z
Regis#: N7196W
Aircraft Make: ROBINSON Aircraft Model: R22
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
LOCATION
City: MERTZON State: TEXAS Country: UNITED STATES DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT WAS THROWN BY A SUSPECT BEING CHASED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MERTZON, TX. INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
Fatal Serious Minor None Unknown
Flight Crew 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Crew 0 0 0 0 0
Passenger 0 0 0 0 0
Ground 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation:
Aircraft Operator:
Flight Number:
FAA FSDO: LUBBOCK FSDO Entry Date: 19-APR-23 Updated since entry: No

I am more astounded by the fact the R22 survived the rock......

[Robbiee]

Originally Posted by minigundiplomat

I am more astounded by the fact the R22 survived the rock......

I'm more astounded by big, bad, macho Texans doing LE in a 22!?

[SASless]

Results of defunding the Police....

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Wasn't that just in Austin?

[Bell_ringer]

Originally Posted by Robbiee

I'm more astounded by big, bad, macho Texans doing LE in a 22!?

Between the mandatory hat and robust bodily girth, the only way I can picture a Texan in a Robbo is as a sling load.

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And remember they have both kinds of music down there - Country, and Western - homage to the Blues Brothers

[SASless]

How many times have folks thrown Robbie's at Rock?

[Torquetalk]

Excepting gung ho capers IMC, I think the ground has caught more Robbies in its unyielding arms than Robbies have flung themselves in them. CFIT comes some way down the list of crash causes after aircraft mismanagement: Running out of power/overpitching; carb icing and RRPM decay (now rare thankfully); mast bumping; generally flying like a d*ck in an aircraft that isn‘t very forgiving.