# Incident 19830301061079I: Snias AS350D, Cameron, LA, March 1, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1983, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Airport: Blk42b
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7952° N, 93.2916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cameron, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7952&lon=-93.2916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3593D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,286 total, 393 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83IA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830301061079I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE DECELERATION ON FINAL FOR PLATFORM. AUTOROTATED TO WATER. ONE FLOAT FAILED TO DEPLOY.FLOAT WIRES SEVERED.

## 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 FTW83IA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA131), Mar 1, 1983: Aerospatiale AS-350D (N3593D), E. Cameron, incident, minor damage

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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