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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Intracoastal Ci, LA · June 2, 1981

Date: June 2, 1981 · 14:48 local
Place: Intracoastal Ci, LA
Airport: Eugene Island
Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N36079
Reported as: Snias AS350D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,292 total183 in this make and model131 in the last 90 days

N36079Registration cancelled Oct 11, 1996 · S N I A S AS350D ASTARS/N 1258 Airframe modelS N I A S AS350D ASTAR

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.

Landing rotorcraft on barge. Pad was tilted and tail rotor struck fence.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING ROTORCRAFT ON BARGE. PAD WAS TILTED AND TAIL ROTOR STRUCK FENCE.