# Incident 20000510020649I: Robsin R44, Everflades, FL, May 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Everflades, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N666SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R44
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000510020649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN PILOT NOTED LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PIC MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.  DISCOVERED QUIK DRAIN LINE FROM OIL RESERVOIR HAS SOMEHOW VIBRATED TO "OPEN" POSITION.  REFILLED OIL IN RESERVOIR; RAN UP ENGINE/ROTOR; SHUTDOWN; CHECKED ALL FITTINGS AND DRAIN LINE; THEN DEPARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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