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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B · Amarillo, TX · June 23, 1994

Date: June 23, 1994 · 20:30 local
Place: Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: EJVA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N911NW
Reported as: Snias AS350B
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,300 total1,200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N911NWRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2007 · Aerospatiale AS 355F1S/N 5082 Airframe modelAerospatiale AS 355F1 Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Struck wire on takeoff from a highway. Made immediate landing. Minor main rotor damage.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRE ON TAKEOFF FROM A HIGHWAY.MADE IMMEDIATE LANDING. MINOR MAIN ROTOR DAMAGE.