19940113000369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Lakeland, FL · January 13, 1994

Date
January 13, 1994 · 12:30 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N902BA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA94LA050
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,454 total1,980 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Fuel control governor bearing failed unable control power. Shut down. Autorotated lost rotor RPM avoiding wires.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL CONTROL GOVERNOR BEARING FAILED UNABLE CONTROL POWER. SHUT DOWN. AUTOROTATED LOST ROTOR RPM AVOIDING WIRES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.