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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Snias AS350C · Port Arthur, TX · June 27, 1981

Date
June 27, 1981 · 17:11 local
Place
Port Arthur, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N138BH
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81IA112
Reported as
Snias AS350C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total310 in this make and model230 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.

Vibration and yaw. Made run on landing in swamp. Tail rotor pitch change horn failure. Tail rotor damaged boom.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION AND YAW. MADE RUN ON LANDING IN SWAMP. TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE HORN FAILURE. TAIL ROTOR DAMAGED BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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