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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Pottstown, PA · February 12, 1981

Date
February 12, 1981 · 08:17 local
Place
Pottstown, PA
Airport
Pottstown Limeric
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3609C
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total114 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot heard loud bang. Returned to airport. Found cowling separated from main gear box left hand lateral side.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND COWLING SEPARATED FROM MAIN GEAR BOX LEFT HAND LATERAL SIDE.