# Accident 19950222002239A: Snias AS350B, Cambridge, MA, February 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1995, 09:37 local time
- Place: Cambridge, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3760° N, 71.1187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cambridge, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3760&lon=-71.1187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20SP-1997-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350B (registry code 8680800, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95GA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95GA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950222002239A

## Narrative

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

STATE POLICE FLIGHT. CLIMBING OVER RIVER. LOST POWER. ROTORS STOPPED. FUEL HAD RUSTY WATER. INJECTORS CLOGGED.

## 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 NYC95GA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95GA060), Feb 22, 1995: Eurocopter AS-350-B (N20SP), Cambridge, MA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: 1) THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE (MSP) MANAGEMENT'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT OF ITS AIR WING; 2) FUEL CONTAMINATION AND OBSTRUCTED FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES, DUE TO INADEQUATE FUEL STORAGE…

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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