# Incident 19880221011369I: Aerosp AS355F, Albuquerque, NM, February 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1988, 13:45 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYRA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS355F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,720 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880221011369I

## Narrative

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

LEFT TRANSMISSION COWL CAME OPEN AND STRUCK THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. FORGOT TO INSPECT LATCHES

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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