# Accident 19880524015851A: Snias AS350D, Dillingham, AK, May 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1988, 19:46 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 58.8200° N, 157.8609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8200&lon=-157.8609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353EH-1991-03-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,287 total, 337 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880524015851A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF N488WU THAT WAS ON DOWNWIND IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. BOTH FELL TO GROUND. NO EVASIVE ACTION NOTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N4882U, Cessna U206G: [Accident 19880524015852A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880524015852A)

## 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 ANC88FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88FA063), May 25, 1988: Aerospatiale AS350D (N353EH), Dillingham, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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