# Incident 19820730033789I: Snias AS350D, Winter Park, CO, July 30, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1982, 19:30 local time
- Place: Winter Park, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CHIA
- Location: 39.8799° N, 105.7707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8799&lon=-105.7707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49556, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49556-1990-12-06) (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)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82IA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82IA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820730033789I

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR HIT A TREE AS PILOT MADE A LOW PASS OVER A RAILROAD TRESTLE. AUTOROTATED TO SAFE LANDING.

## 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 DEN82IA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82IA150), Jul 31, 1982: Aerospatiale 350D (N49556), Near Winter Par, CO, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N49556 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790203002099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790203002099A), Feb 3, 1979: Snias AS350C (N49556), Salt Flat, TX, Substantial damage. Enroute engine failure. Pilot made a hard landing due to low rotor RPM. Rotors cut off tail boom. Oil contaminated.

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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