# Incident 19810710059589I: Snias AS350D, Scottsdale, AZ, July 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N611WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N611WC-2008-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter France AS350B2 (registry code 8680973, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as350b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810710059589I

## Narrative

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

ZA AFTER TAKEOFF PIECE OF COWLING DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. RETURNED. FOUND LATCHES HAD NOT BEEN SECURED PROPERLY.

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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