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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Snias AS350B · Juneau, AK · August 17, 1990

Date
August 17, 1990 · 09:15 local
Place
Juneau, AK
Airport
Juneau International
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HXSA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26492
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC90LA147
Reported as
Snias AS350B
Reported engine
TMECA ARRIEL1B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
910 total291 in this make and model297 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine overspeed. Auto rotated to small lot. Hit tail rotor. Pinion drive gear from gear nfb to MO5 unit failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE OVERSPEED. AUTO ROTATED TO SMALL LOT. HIT TAIL ROTOR. PINION DRIVE GEAR FROM GEAR NFB TO MO5 UNIT FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.