# Accident 19940120000609A: Snias AS350D, Lebec, CA, January 20, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1994, 09:00 local time
- Place: Lebec, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YKHA
- Location: 34.8599° N, 118.8698° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8599&lon=-118.8698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5795X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5795X-1994-05-02) (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 LTS101600A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940120000609A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES DURING PIPE LINE SURVEY. IMPACT TORE OFF TAIL BOOM.SPUN IN. WIRES DEPICTED ON AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

## 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 LAX94FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA100), Jan 20, 1994: Aerospatiale AS-350D (N5795X), Lebec, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHICH MASKED THE PRESENCE OF THE WIRES AND THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S…

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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