32.3535° N, 95.4030° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 19, 1997 · 16:50 local
Place
Tyler, TX
Airport
Tyler Pounds Field Airport
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8WU
Reported as
Snias AS350B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total15 in this make and model25 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: conducting 4-5 foot ground hover, experience severe vibration. Landed, shut aircraft down. Inspection revealed skin on boom, at fuselage attach point, was wrinkled. Additional inspection revealed star flex assembly finger was broken.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: CONDUCTING 4-5 FOOT GROUND HOVER, EXPERIENCE SEVERE VIBRATION. LANDED, SHUT AIRCRAFT DOWN. INSPECTION REVEALED SKIN ON BOOM, AT FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT, WAS WRINKLED. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION REVEALED STAR FLEX ASSEMBLY FINGER WAS BROKEN.