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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Sweet Springs, MO · November 21, 1983

Date
November 21, 1983 · 16:25 local
Place
Sweet Springs, MO
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5778X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC84FA029
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,499 total398 in this make and model80 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.

Engine failed. Crashed stretching glide. Open T4 wiring harness gave erroneous reading on TIT. Allowed overtemp.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED. CRASHED STRETCHING GLIDE. OPEN T4 WIRING HARNESS GAVE ERRONEOUS READING ON TIT. ALLOWED OVERTEMP.

NTSB investigation

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