# Incident 19940509020229I: Snias AS350B2, Commerce City, CO, May 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1994, 03:00 local time
- Place: Commerce City, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYRA
- Location: 39.8083° N, 104.9339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Commerce City, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8083&lon=-104.9339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95LG-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL (registry code 8680813, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350-b2-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940509020229I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE ON DESCENT TO LANDING SITE. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N95LG (1)

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

- [Accident 19940709017929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940709017929A), Jul 9, 1994: Snias AS350B2 (N95LG), Granite, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Hovering for pinnicle landing. Main rotors struck rock cliff. Helicopter tumbled 800FT down mountainside.

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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