# Incident 19930707038269I: Snias AS350BA, Skagway, AK, July 7, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1993, 07:45 local time
- Place: Skagway, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXSA
- Location: 59.4605° N, 135.2832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skagway, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4605&lon=-135.2832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60809, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60809-2005-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930707038269I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TOP OF A TREE WITH HORIZONTAL STABLIZER ON APPROACH TO LAND. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N60809 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010909039309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010909039309A), Sep 9, 2001: Snias AS350BA (N60809), Skagway, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 9, 2001, a Eurocopter AS-350 ba helicopter, N60809, sustained substantial damage during landing on the surface of the denver glacier, about…

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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