19811103081399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Estes Park, CO · November 3, 1981

Date
November 3, 1981 · 10:30 local
Place
Estes Park, CO
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N88GT
Reported as
Snias AS350D
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total45 in this make and model145 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.

Pilot forced to land when accessory gearbox nut backed off and mismated gears failed compressor. PN4081005RI0.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORCED TO LAND WHEN ACCESSORY GEARBOX NUT BACKED OFF AND MISMATED GEARS FAILED COMPRESSOR. PN4081005RI0.

Other reports on N88GT · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.