# Accident 19920529017219A: Snias AS350B, Winnsboro, SC, May 29, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1992, 03:33 local time
- Place: Winnsboro, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DYRA
- Location: 34.3704° N, 81.0810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3704&lon=-81.0810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5806K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5806K-1997-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350B (registry code 8680800, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,049 total, 361 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920529017219A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED FOG AT NIGHT ON EMS FERRY FLIGHT. FLEW INTO TREES TRYING TO REVERSE COURSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL92FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA109), May 29, 1992: Aerospatiale AS350B (N5806K), Winnsboro, SC, destroyed. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT. THE DARK NIGHT AND FOG WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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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