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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp SA365N · Jersey Shore, PA · November 7, 1996

Date: November 7, 1996 · 01:30 local
Place: Jersey Shore, PA
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N365ME
Reported as: Aerosp SA365N
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,801 total40 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: on approach to an approved landing site to pick up an aeromedical patient, the right engine cowling departed the aircraft and struck a rotor blade and upper finnestron of the SA-365N helicopter. Investigation as to the cause revealed a worn latch which allowed the latch to unhook. No fire or injury resulted from this incident. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO AN APPROVED LANDING SITE TO PICK UP AN AEROMEDICAL PATIENT, THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK A ROTOR BLADE AND UPPER FINNESTRON OF THE SA-365N HELICOPTER. INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE REVEALED A WORN LATCH WHICH ALLOWED THE LATCH TO UNHOOK. NO FIRE OR INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.