R44 helicopter flight crew experiences engine failure on liftoff and completes a forced landing.

Attributes
ACN	1015764
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Robinson R44
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 51 Flight Crew Total 236 Flight Crew Type 236
Person 2
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

During initial climbout after takeoff experienced a loss of main rotor RPM and power resulting in a forced landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: R44 helicopter flight crew experiences engine failure on liftoff and completes a forced landing.

Narrative: During initial climbout after takeoff experienced a loss of main rotor RPM and power resulting in a forced landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.