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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aerospatiale AS350BA · Chelsea, MA · October 28, 2025

Date: October 28, 2025 · 13:30 local
Place: Chelsea, MA
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N61HL
Reported as: Aerospatiale AS350BA
Reported engine: Lycoming LTS-101 600A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,819 total142 in the last 90 days

N61HLRegistered now · Aerospatiale AS350BAS/N 2298 Airframe modelAerospatiale AS350BA

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.

Power loss / vibration event that occurred on

October 28, 2025 concerning helicopter privacy data omitted was conducting flight operations over Chelsea ma around 1000 ft AGL. The pilot felt a loss of power, sinking feeling and noticed a vibration, scanned the gauges and noticed a reduction in engine indications with no other warnings or caution advisories displayed. The pilot opted to land in a vacant lot directly in line of sight. There was no autorotation initiated and a normal shutdown of the helicopter occurred. The helicopter landed safely without injury or damage to person or property.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS / VIBRATION EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON

OCTOBER 28, 2025 CONCERNING HELICOPTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT OPERATIONS OVER CHELSEA MA AROUND 1000 FT AGL. THE PILOT FELT A LOSS OF POWER, SINKING FEELING AND NOTICED A VIBRATION, SCANNED THE GAUGES AND NOTICED A REDUCTION IN ENGINE INDICATIONS WITH NO OTHER WARNINGS OR CAUTION ADVISORIES DISPLAYED. THE PILOT OPTED TO LAND IN A VACANT LOT DIRECTLY IN LINE OF SIGHT. THERE WAS NO AUTOROTATION INITIATED AND A NORMAL SHUTDOWN OF THE HELICOPTER OCCURRED. THE HELICOPTER LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSON OR PROPERTY.