# Incident 19910218007419I: Snias AS350B, Kahului, HI, February 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HWVA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350SM-1997-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S N I A S AS-350B ECUREUIL (registry code 8680801, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-as-350b-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910218007419I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19920916036979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920916036979A), Sep 16, 1992: Snias AS350B (N350SM), Hana, HI, Destroyed, 7 fatal. Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain during sightseeing tour flight. Failed to maintain VFR per ops specs.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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