# Accident 19810729046099A: Snias AS350D, Venice, Mexico, July 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Venice, Mexico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3605S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3605S-1983-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350D (registry code 8680804, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,145 total, 385 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810729046099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED TAIL ROTOR TO CONTACT SAFETY NET DURING HOVER FOR LANDING ON HELIPAD. PARKED HELICOPTER DAMAGED.

## 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 FTW81DRD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD35), Jul 29, 1981: Aerospatial AS350D (N3605S), Gulf Of Mexico (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed

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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