# Accident 19800303005359A: Snias AS350C, Webster City, IA, March 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1980, 04:25 local time
- Place: Webster City, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4624° N, 93.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Webster City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4624&lon=-93.8182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353RM-2013-03-25) (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 AS350C
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,168 total, 240 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80AA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80AA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800303005359A

## Narrative

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

EVIDENCE INDICATES ENGINE LOST POWER ON APPROACH. ROTOR RPM DECAYED. MADE LEVEL VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 MKC80AA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80AA026), Mar 3, 1980: Aerospatle AS350D (N353RM), Webster City, IA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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