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Incident

FAA incident report · Snias AS350D · Titusville, FL · September 29, 1988

Date
September 29, 1988 · 14:35 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KCDA
Aircraft
N266MP
Reported as
Snias AS350D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total500 in this make and model150 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.

Engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. Initiated autorotation. Landed safely in open marshland.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. INITIATED AUTOROTATION. LANDED SAFELY IN OPEN MARSHLAND.