# Incident 20171212023009I: Robinson Helicopter R44, Fort Myers, FL, December 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2017, 06:55 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N529DW-2018-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 (registry code 7640120, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-F1B5 (registry code 42353, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-f1b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-F1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171212023009I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 12, 2017, AT 0655 EST A ROBINSON HELICOPTER, MODEL R44, N529DW THAT IS REGISTERED TO MF HELICOPTERS LLC., HAD AN ENGINE POWER PROBLEM DURING CRUISE AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE HELICOPTER IN AN UNINHABITATED CLEARING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO THE ROTOR CONTACTING A SMALL SAPLING ON LANDING AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT MYERS AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 12, 2017.

## Other reports on N529DW (1)

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

- [Accident 20180609015409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609015409A), Jun 9, 2018: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N529DW), Oshkosh, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. After dropping off a passenger, a Robinson R44 rotorcraft, N529DW, departed a landing area ajacent the fox river in downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin to fly to…

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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