# Incident 19970919033399I: Snias AS350B, Tyler, TX, September 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1997, 16:50 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8WU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970919033399I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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