# Accident 19891004040769A: Snias AS350D, New Iberia, LA, October 4, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1989, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Airport: Acadiana Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0378° N, 91.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACADIANA RGNL (ARA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0378&lon=-91.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3606Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3606Y-1990-02-02) (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 LTS101600A2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,382 total, 275 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891004040769A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING. MAIN ROTOR CHOPPED OFF TAILBOOM. TOUCHED ON REAR OF SKIDS, ROCKED FORWARD.

## 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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW90LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA003), Oct 4, 1989: Aerospatiale 350D (N3606Y), New Iberia, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE SECOND PILOT'S (UNDER INSTRUCTION) MISJUDGEMENT OF AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE DURING THE LEVEL OFF PHASE OF THE AUTOROTATION

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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