# Incident 19780412012049I: Snias AS350C, Ft Collins, CO, April 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1978, 10:32 local time
- Place: Ft Collins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350AS-1979-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350D (registry code 8680804, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780412012049I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BRIEFCASE FELL OUT OF HELICOPTER AND STRUCK PARKED CAR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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