# Accident 19800124075179A: Snias AS350D, Scottsdale, AZ, January 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1980, 08:45 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88GT-1990-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S N I A S AS350D ASTAR (registry code 8680803, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-as350d-astar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 85 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124075179A

## Narrative

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

ROTOR RPM DELAYED ON LANDING APPROACH. HARD LANDING RESULTED IN SEVERED TAIL BOOM., COLLAPSED SKIDS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA038), Jan 24, 1980: Aerospatle AS-350 (N88GT), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N88GT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811103081399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811103081399I), Nov 3, 1981: Snias AS350D (N88GT), Estes Park, CO, Minor damage. Pilot forced to land when accessory gearbox nut backed off and mismated gears failed compressor. PN4081005RI0.

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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