19860814048229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Garden City, NY · August 14, 1986

Date
August 14, 1986 · 13:30 local
Place
Garden City, NY
Airport
Island Heliport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BJAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3611B
Reported as
Snias AS350D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,751 total264 in this make and model139 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.

Encountered heavy turbulence and a bang was heard. In landing, found a blade strike and separation of baggage door.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY TURBULENCE AND A BANG WAS HEARD. IN LANDING, FOUND A BLADE STRIKE AND SEPARATION OF BAGGAGE DOOR.