# Incident 19811119088149I: Snias AS350D, Boulder City, NV, November 19, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Goldstrike Helipo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9786° N, 114.8325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder City, NV, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9786&lon=-114.8325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5768Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5768Z-2013-06-04) (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 AS350D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,398 total, 251 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119088149I

## Narrative

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

ZA ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FLIGHT IN RIVER CANYON, ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK WIRE. BLADE UNREPAIRABLE.

## Other reports on N5768Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19820424015039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820424015039A), Apr 24, 1982: Snias AS350D (N5768Z), Gold Strike, NV, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Passengers hat blew off while being escorted from helicopter with idling rotors. Ran into tail rotor chasing hat.

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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