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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350BA · Lihue, HI · June 17, 1998

Date: June 17, 1998 · 08:05 local
Place: Lihue, HI
Airport: Lihue Airport
Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: LBGA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N91GT
Reported as: Snias AS350BA
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total5,000 in this make and model350 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.

On June 17, 1998, an AS-350-BA helicopter departed Lihue Airport on the island of kauai, Hawaii, the pilot had neglected to latch the transmission cowling after his preflight of the aircraft. The tower notified the pilot of the cowling open and the pilot returned to land. There was minimal damage and the aircraft was returned to service with only minor damage to the cowling not affecting airworthiness of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 17, 1998, AN AS-350-BA HELICOPTER DEPARTED LIHUE AIRPORT ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI, HAWAII, THE PILOT HAD NEGLECTED TO LATCH THE TRANSMISSION COWLING AFTER HIS PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TOWER NOTIFIED THE PILOT OF THE COWLING OPEN AND THE PILOT RETURNED TO LAND. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING NOT AFFECTING AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRAFT.