N4029R
Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Greece on March 10, 2008.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- June 1, 1988Accident
WHILE ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT, THE PLT STATED HE MANEUVERED THE HELICOPTER TO RELEASE THE REMAINING CHEMICAL. HE THEN HEARD A LOUD 'SCREECHING' NOISE FOLLOWED BY SILENCE AS THE ENG QUIT. THE HELICOPTER LANDED HARD BREAKING THE SKIDS. IT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE NO.
- October 6, 1987Accident
AT AN ALTITUDE OF APRX 75 FEET DURING AN AGRICULTURAL TURN, THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING, THE ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED TREES, AFTER WHICH, DURING THE DESCENT, THE RIGHT SKID COLLIDED WITH A STUMP & THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER.
- September 5, 1983Accident
THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A TRIMMING/SWATH RUN AT ABOUT 15 FT AGL & 15 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A STRANGE NOISE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A 180 DEG YAW. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE HELICOPTER CRASH LANDED, DAMAGING THE TAIL BOOM & TAIL ROTOR BLADES AND SPREADING THE LANDING GEAR.
- March 17, 1982Accident
THE PILOT WAS APPLYING LIQUID FERTILIZER ON HIS LAST SWATH RUN PRIOR TO RELOADING WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. A RUN-ON LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED DURING WHICH THE SKIDS SANK INTO THE SOFT GROUND CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL OVER. THE FIELD WAS LEVEL AND COVERED WITH 8-10 INCH HIGH WHEAT.
- August 11, 1971Accident
Physical Impairment; Alcoholic Impairment Of Efficiency And Judgment. Factors: Pilot Fatigue