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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eagle R+D HELICYCLE · El Mirage, CA · April 15, 2011

Date
April 15, 2011 · 11:00 local
Place
El Mirage, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N209GM
Reported as
Eagle R+D Helicycle
Reported engine
SOLAR T62
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total32 in this make and model19 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.

Rotorcraft N209GM was flying at cruise when pilot noticed a engine vibration. To investigate he went to perform a normal landing and the engine stopped just before touchdown causing a hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

ROTORCRAFT N209GM WAS FLYING AT CRUISE WHEN PILOT NOTICED A ENGINE VIBRATION. TO INVESTIGATE HE WENT TO PERFORM A NORMAL LANDING AND THE ENGINE STOPPED JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN CAUSING A HARD LANDING.