19941115043679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp AS355F1 · Sabine Pass, TX · November 15, 1994

Date
November 15, 1994 · 11:40 local
Place
Sabine Pass, TX
Airport
Block 245
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N378E
Reported as
Aerosp AS355F1
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,110 total1,531 in this make and model149 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.

Lower vertical fin struck safety netting during landing on oil rig platform.

As the FAA filed it

LOWER VERTICAL FIN STRUCK SAFETY NETTING DURING LANDING ON OIL RIG PLATFORM.