# Incident 19970721025319I: Snias AS350BA, Lihue, HI, July 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue Airport
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HWVA
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350SB-2018-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970721025319I

## Narrative

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

SHUTDOWN ENGINE AFTER LANDING. DEPARTED ROTORS TURNING. OTHER COMPANY PLANED LANDING. ROTORS FLEXED. CREWMAN KILLED

## Other reports on N350SB (2)

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

- [Accident 19901115062689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901115062689A), Nov 15, 1990: Snias AS350B (N350SB), Kahului, HI, Substantial damage. Yawed 180 degrees and settled hard to runway while taxiing to runway. Hydraulic test and off switches identical.
- [Incident 19900427019109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900427019109I), Apr 27, 1990: Snias AS350B (N350SB), Kahului, HI. Hydraulic failure in flight. Returned. Landed safely. Hydraulic pump belt was slipping.

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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