# Accident 19810627038819A: Snias AS350C, Port Arthur, TX, June 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1981, 17:11 local time
- Place: Port Arthur, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8988° N, 93.9288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Arthur, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8988&lon=-93.9288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N138BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N138BH-2015-05-08) (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)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 600A series (registry code 41562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-600a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 310 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81IA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81IA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810627038819A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81IA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81IA112), Jun 27, 1981: Aerospatial AS350 (N138BH), Port Arthur, TX, incident, minor 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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