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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 · Belton, TX · May 7, 2022

Date
May 7, 2022 · 16:00 local
Place
Belton, TX
Airport
Draughon-Miller Central Texas
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N63AT
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
281 total80 in this make and model77 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 reported noticing an unusual vibration develope while over stillhouse hollow lake. Performed precautionary landing on a _small island_. After the engine was shut off, while the rotor was coasting down, he heard a clunk and the tailboom was struck twice by main rotor blades.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED NOTICING AN UNUSUAL VIBRATION DEVELOPE WHILE OVER STILLHOUSE HOLLOW LAKE. PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A _SMALL ISLAND_. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, WHILE THE ROTOR WAS COASTING DOWN, HE HEARD A CLUNK AND THE TAILBOOM WAS STRUCK TWICE BY MAIN ROTOR BLADES.