19810107004949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Garden City, NY · January 7, 1981

Date
January 7, 1981 · 17:15 local
Place
Garden City, NY
Airport
Island
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
MTPA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3605Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FHJ04
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,355 total15 in this make and model156 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Night landing on dolly, tail rotor hit adjacent dolly. Helicopter spun, hit ground. Rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT LANDING ON DOLLY, TAIL ROTOR HIT ADJACENT DOLLY. HELICOPTER SPUN, HIT GROUND. ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.