# Incident 20170503004079I: Robinson Helicopter R44, May 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2017, 17:15 local time
- Airport: Raton Municipal/Crews Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N401JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,136 total, 93 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170503004079I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 3, 2017, AT 1715 MST, A ROBINSON R-44 HELICOPTER, N401JS, REGISTERED TO FLYING HELICOPTERS INC, MADE A HARD LANDING AT A CLEARING ON A HIGH ALTITUDE RANCH, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES WEST OF RATON, NM AIRPORT, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DALLAS LOVE THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT. THEY WERE ENROUTE TO SAN LUIS, CO.

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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