# Incident 19920425014849I: Snias AS350D, Catalina Island, CA, April 25, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1992, 08:30 local time
- Place: Catalina Island, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ISHA
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of CATALINA (AVX), within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5782X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5782X-1997-03-19) (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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,367 total, 1,380 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920425014849I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE AND RPM MALFUNCTIONED EN ROUTE. AUTOROTATION ONTO WATER. SUSPECTS OVERSPEED GOVERNOR FAILURE.

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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