19891125063199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B · Phoenix, AZ · November 25, 1989

Date
November 25, 1989 · 10:05 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123TV
Reported as
Snias AS350B
Reported engine
TMECA ARRIEL1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total800 in this make and model155 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 failure. Emergency autorotation landing in field. Had turbine wheel blade damage.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE. EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION LANDING IN FIELD. HAD TURBINE WHEEL BLADE DAMAGE.