# Incident 19870728053839I: Snias AS350D, Nantucket, MA, July 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1987, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2714° N, 70.0959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nantucket, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2714&lon=-70.0959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350AP-1997-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350B (registry code 8680800, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870728053839I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF POWER AND SEVERE VIBRATION FOLLOWED A LOUD BANG. DITCHED. DRIVE SHAFT COUPLING HAD FAILED.

## 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 NYC87LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA220), Jul 28, 1987: Aerospatiale AS350D (N350AP), Nantucket, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N350AP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900401065499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900401065499A), Apr 1, 1990: Snias AS350B (N350AP), Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Destroyed. Vibration and warning horn. Ditched in ocean and sank. A main rotor head thrust bearing had seperated. Prior damage

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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