# Incident 20110915022089I: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II, Madison, GA, September 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Madison, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5790° N, 83.4760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5790&lon=-83.4760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N579DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N579DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (registry code 7640122, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 (registry code 41899, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ae1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AE1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110915022089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN UNEVENTFUL PHOTO MISSION, LANDED AT 3J7 FOR FUEL, AND DEPARTED TO CONTINUE PHOTO MISSION. APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) MILES WEST OF 3J7, PILOT NOTICED "CLUTCH LIGHT" FLICKERING, INCREASING IN DUTY CYCLE TO ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY BEING ILLUMINATED. AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL A VIBRATION WAS FELT, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. PILOT PERFORMED AUTOROTATION AND "HARD" LANDED AIRCRAFT.

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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