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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Homer, LA · October 18, 2021

Date: October 18, 2021 · 10:15 local
Place: Homer, LA
Airport: Homer Municipal
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7530E
Reported as: Robinson Helicopter R44 II
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N7530ERegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R44 IIS/N 11066 · Built 2006 Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R44 II Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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 privacy data omitted was operating N7530E, taking off from shv and headed to glh at approx 1000 local time. At about 30 minutes into level flight, aircraft began to expereince engine problems and lost power (RPM indication) . Pilot initally attemted to contact shv tower to revert back to shv but engine began stalling more severly. Pilot decided to auto land aircraft at 54F (outside of Homer la) which was the closest and safest landing spot. Pilot auto landed the aircraft safely without damage to aircraft or injuries to crew.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING N7530E, TAKING OFF FROM SHV AND HEADED TO GLH AT APPROX 1000 LOCAL TIME. AT ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO LEVEL FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO EXPEREINCE ENGINE PROBLEMS AND LOST POWER (RPM INDICATION) . PILOT INITALLY ATTEMTED TO CONTACT SHV TOWER TO REVERT BACK TO SHV BUT ENGINE BEGAN STALLING MORE SEVERLY. PILOT DECIDED TO AUTO LAND AIRCRAFT AT 54F (OUTSIDE OF HOMER LA) WHICH WAS THE CLOSEST AND SAFEST LANDING SPOT. PILOT AUTO LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO CREW.