# Incident 19980716026149I: Aerosp AS355F1, Kahului, HI, July 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HWVA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811DB-2021-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 355F1 (registry code 8680810, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS355F1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20F
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980716026149I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AT THE KAHULUI HELIPORT, OBSERVED AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH LEFT ENGINE COWLING FLAPPING IN THE WIND. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN, FOUND ENGINE COWLING FORWARD LATCHING MECHANISM TORN COMPLETELY OFF, INCLUDING PART OF THE ENGINE COWLING DOOR SKIN. ALSO, THE REAR LATCHING MECHANISM BROKEN. NOTED THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF ALL 3 MAIN ROTOR BLADES SCORED. DAMAGE ON THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE CAUSED BY ENGINE COWLING LATCHING MECHANISM HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF ALL 3 MAIN ROTOR BLADES. ROTOR BLADES WERE DETERMINED FIELD REPAIRABLE.

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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