20150115000979I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 · Moreno Valley, CA · January 15, 2015

Date
January 15, 2015 · 19:45 local
Place
Moreno Valley, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N363SK
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44
Reported engine
Lycoming O-540-F1B5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total2,500 in this make and model50 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.

Helicopter made a precautionary landing after the aircraft experienced moderate to severe vibrations followed by loss of RPM and a low RPM warning. Pilot landed in a vacant and unoccupied field. There was no damage to persons, property or aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF RPM AND A LOW RPM WARNING. PILOT LANDED IN A VACANT AND UNOCCUPIED FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS, PROPERTY OR AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N363SK · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.