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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Pachanga Indian, CA · August 20, 2012

Date
August 20, 2012 · 19:17 local
Place
Pachanga Indian, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N627LE
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44 II
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
668 total109 in this make and model10 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.

Temecula, CA: N627LE, R44 ii, departed french valley airport (F70) on a local area flight. While maneuvering to land on the pechanga Indian reservation, "settled with power" and came to rest upright on top of brush 9.5 miles south-southeast of F70 at 191715PDT. POB: four, injuries: none, damage: minor.

As the FAA filed it

TEMECULA, CA: N627LE, R44 II, DEPARTED FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) ON A LOCAL AREA FLIGHT. WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON THE PECHANGA INDIAN RESERVATION, "SETTLED WITH POWER" AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON TOP OF BRUSH 9.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF F70 AT 191715PDT. POB: FOUR, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: MINOR.