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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Hanalei, HI · September 19, 2014

Date
September 19, 2014 · 10:30 local
Place
Hanalei, HI
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N525MD
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44 II
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total900 in this make and model

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.

At approximately 1030 09/19/2014, during an air tour flight, aircraft encountered engine shutdown. Pilot auto rotated into a taro field at Hanalei, kauai. No injuries to the occupants (3 sob) and no structural damage to the aircaft.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 09/19/2014, DURING AN AIR TOUR FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PILOT AUTO ROTATED INTO A TARO FIELD AT HANALEI, KAUAI. NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS (3 SOB) AND NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCAFT.