# Incident 20110415006859I: Eagle R+D HELICYCLE, El Mirage, CA, April 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: El Mirage, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6022° N, 117.6312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Mirage, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6022&lon=-117.6312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209GM-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eagle R+D HELICYCLE (registry code 056193F, https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-r-plus-d-helicycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAGLE R+D HELICYCLE
- Reported engine: SOLAR T62
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 32 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110415006859I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.