# Incident 20180420012989I: Robinson Helicopter R44, Linden, NJ, April 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2018, 08:50 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9DPA
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINDEN (LDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111VG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111VG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 (registry code 7640120, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE (registry code 41531, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540f1-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180420012989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING NW AT 500 FEET AGL APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SSE OF KLDJ ON FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 FOR AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT, LOST ENGINE POWER FOLLOWED BY MAIN ROTOR RPM HORN.  MADE 2 RIGHT TURNS AND ENTERED AUTO ROTATION TO A SAFE LANDING IN A GRAVELLY AREA NEAR AN EMPTY FUEL TANK.  POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ON SCENE, A CRANE SUBSEQUENTLY LIFTED THE HELICOPTER, AND A FLAT BED TRAILER REMOVED THE HELICOPTER.

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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