37.3858° N, 122.0263° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunnyvale, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 17, 1985 · 06:25 local
Place
Sunnyvale, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3596G
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total250 in this make and model185 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.
Loud explosion and loss of engine power in flight,gp turbine rotor blade separated from rotor.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN FLIGHT,GP TURBINE ROTOR BLADE SEPARATED FROM ROTOR.