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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B · Kahului, HI · February 18, 1991

Date: February 18, 1991 · 15:00 local
Place: Kahului, HI
Airport: Kahului Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HWVA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N350SM
Reported as: Snias AS350B
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,600 total2,500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N350SMRegistration cancelled Oct 10, 1997 · S N I A S AS-350B ECUREUILS/N 1488 Airframe modelS N I A S AS-350B ECUREUIL

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What happened

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

Lack of tail rotor control on climb. Returned. Tail rotor control tube was severed by the thomas coupling.

As the FAA filed it

LACK OF TAIL ROTOR CONTROL ON CLIMB. RETURNED. TAIL ROTOR CONTROL TUBE WAS SEVERED BY THE THOMAS COUPLING.

Other reports on N350SM · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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