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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R66 · Destin, FL · June 10, 2021

Date
June 10, 2021 · 10:30 local
Place
Destin, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N857TL
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R66
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C300/A1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total8 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.

Pilot in command elected to land from steep approach, gusty winds induced settling with power, pilot failed to recognize increasing rate of descent.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO LAND FROM STEEP APPROACH, GUSTY WINDS INDUCED SETTLING WITH POWER, PILOT FAILED TO RECOGNIZE INCREASING RATE OF DESCENT.

Other reports on N857TL · 1

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