# Accident 19801122086669A: Snias AS350C, Waxahachie, TX, November 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1980, 18:20 local time
- Place: Waxahachie, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3865° N, 96.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waxahachie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3865&lon=-96.8483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8TV-1981-01-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,307 total, 398 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801122086669A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES NIGHT RESTRICTED PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE FLYING LOW IN ADVERSE WEATHER. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS FOUND.

## 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 FTW81FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA012), Nov 22, 1980: Aerospatle AS350 (N8TV), Waxahachie, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N8TV (1)

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

- [Incident 19800530052319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800530052319I), May 30, 1980: Snias AS350C (N8TV), Celeste, TX. Unscheduled landing made due to engine bumping noise. First stage compressor blade had separated.

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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