# Incident 19980617028129I: Snias AS350BA, Lihue, HI, June 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1998, 08:05 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LBGA
- 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: N91GT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617028129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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