Helicopter
Flight Crew Rotorcraft; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7; Flight Crew Total 150; Flight Crew Type 7
Other / Unknown; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure; Workload; Confusion
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft; Human Factors; Weather
Approach to airport ZZZ approximately 300 ft. out at 250 ft. AGL. Aircraft started descending at too high rate. Raised collective to mitigate loss of altitude; but aircraft continued down into a field short of the runway. I believe the problem was settling with power due to wind gusts. Did not have enough altitude to correct situation.
Helicopter Pilot reported landing short of the runway in a field. Pilot states the aircraft was in wind gusts and did not have enough altitude to recover.