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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Cape Girardeau, MO · September 23, 1983

Date
September 23, 1983 · 13:30 local
Place
Cape Girardeau, MO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5786B
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC83LA222
Reported as
Snias AS350D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,501 total337 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crash occurred during emergency landing after malfunction of tail rotor system.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER MALFUNCTION OF TAIL ROTOR SYSTEM.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.