# Incident 19860806037779I: Snias AS350D, Lake Charles, LA, August 6, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1986, 19:12 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3599U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3599U-1989-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S N I A S AS350D ASTAR (registry code 8680803, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-as350d-astar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 2,397 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860806037779I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER. A WAVE STRUCK THE HELICOPTER AS IT LANDED IN THE GULF. THE HELICOPTER THEN ROLLED OVER.

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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