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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Robinson He R44 II · Weston, FL · March 5, 2011

Date
March 5, 2011 · 05:55 local
Place
Weston, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4168W
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA180
Reported as
Robinson He R44 II
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total400 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

FAA arrive at the scene of the accident at 1400 hrs. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission officer were in the boat ramp waiting to take us to the scene of the accident. Inspection of the crash site revealed that the aircraft came in under power to the ground and both skid had initial impact into the ground causing the aircraft to flip foward and rest on its side causing substantial damage to the aircraft. Later that day inspector fernandez and vongunten went to the hospital to get an statement from the PIC Mr. Mark s. palmieri, inspectors obtained a signed statement from the PIC.

As the FAA filed it

FAA ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AT 1400 HRS. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION OFFICER WERE IN THE BOAT RAMP WAITING TO TAKE US TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN UNDER POWER TO THE GROUND AND BOTH SKID HAD INITIAL IMPACT INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP FOWARD AND REST ON ITS SIDE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.LATER THAT DAY INSPECTOR FERNANDEZ AND VONGUNTEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET AN STATEMENT FROM THE PIC MR. MARK S. PALMIERI, INSPECTORS OBTAINED A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM THE PIC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.