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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Eugene Island, LA · November 7, 1981

Date
November 7, 1981 · 08:15 local
Place
Eugene Island, LA
Phase of flight
Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7557H
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Allison 250C*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,593 total20 in this make and model107 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.

Transmission cowl came off on approach and struck main rotors.

As the FAA filed it

TRANSMISSION COWL CAME OFF ON APPROACH AND STRUCK MAIN ROTORS.