# Incident 20180729018289I: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 MARINER, Long Branch, NJ, July 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2018, 18:00 local time
- Place: Long Branch, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2954° N, 73.9899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Branch, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2954&lon=-73.9899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N292PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER (registry code 7640115, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-mariner) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R22 MARINER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 396 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180729018289I

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A BEACH DUE TO A LOW FUEL LEVEL CONDITION. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GROTON NEW LONDON AIRPORT (KGON) WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF LAKEWOOD AIRPORT (KN12). THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED DURING THE FLIGHT UNEXPECTED HEAD WINDS WERE ENCOUNTERED LEADING TO A FUEL BURN RATE MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THE PILOT STATED APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THROUGH THE FLIGHT IT BECAME EVIDENT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO LAKEWOOD AIRPORT AS PLANNED DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED FUEL BURN RATE, AT THIS POINT A DECISION WAS MADE TO GO TO MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KBLM) FOR FUEL. PRIOR TO REACHING MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE SHORT OF THE NEW JERSEY SHORE LINE THE FUEL LOW CAUTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE PIC STATED HE DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE BEACH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER FULL ENGINE POWER ON THE BEACH WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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