# Accident 19840619033099A: Snias AS350D, Island Beach, PA, June 19, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1984, 10:25 local time
- Place: Island Beach, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N5784M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,186 total, 38 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840619033099A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED WATER. WAS OPERATING OFFSHORE AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE.

## 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 NYC84FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA214), Jun 19, 1984: Aerospatiale AS-350D (N5784M), Island Beach, NJ, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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