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R44 pilot reports a precautionary off airport landing due to airspeed indicator failure and thunderstorms in the area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 944481 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201104 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Robinson R44 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Airspeed Indicator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 130 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I took off [after] briefing and checking metar; NOAA; and tfr; isolated storms rising to northwest; to not affect my flight to southeast along the shore line until my destination. Eighty miles from departure I got on airspeed indicator stuck. I made a decision to turn back to the nearest airport; but all were near the thunderstorm. As soon as I was flying back I got moderate turbulence; so I decided to make a precautionary landing on a football field. Without an airspeed indicator and turbulence I [made my] approach to landing on the football field. I flew up twice to check the area and there were no people in the field or obstacles that could be a safety factor. As a precaution; as soon as I was on the ground safely; I called to mechanic for instruction or repair; and also I called the inspector from FAA that I met one day before just to report that I landed there as a precaution. As instructed I just opened the dash checked wire; and check the pitot tube over the main mast. I was there for 1:40 hours until thunderstorm and rain finished over the area; as soon there everything done and working well; I took off and flew back to base.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: R44 pilot reports a precautionary off airport landing due to airspeed indicator failure and thunderstorms in the area.
Narrative: I took off [after] briefing and checking METAR; NOAA; and TFR; isolated storms rising to northwest; to not affect my flight to southeast along the shore line until my destination. Eighty miles from departure I got on airspeed indicator stuck. I made a decision to turn back to the nearest airport; but all were near the thunderstorm. As soon as I was flying back I got moderate turbulence; so I decided to make a precautionary landing on a football field. Without an airspeed indicator and turbulence I [made my] approach to landing on the football field. I flew up twice to check the area and there were no people in the field or obstacles that could be a safety factor. As a precaution; as soon as I was on the ground safely; I called to mechanic for instruction or repair; and also I called the Inspector from FAA that I met one day before just to report that I landed there as a precaution. As instructed I just opened the dash checked wire; and check the pitot tube over the main mast. I was there for 1:40 hours until thunderstorm and rain finished over the area; as soon there everything done and working well; I took off and flew back to base.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.