# Accident 19810107004949A: Snias AS350D, Garden City, NY, January 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Garden City, NY
- Airport: Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MTPA
- Location: 40.7254° N, 73.6459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7254&lon=-73.6459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3605Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3605Z-1989-08-03) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,355 total, 15 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810107004949A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC81FHJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHJ04), Jan 7, 1981: Aerospatial AS-350 (N3605Z), Garden City, NY, substantial damage

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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