# Incident 19980807041839I: Snias AS350BA, Grand Forks, ND, August 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189ND (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 227 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980807041839I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 08-07-98 AT 1430 CDT, A EUROCOPTER, N189ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY RONALD DEPUE ENCOUNTERED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AT GRAND FORKS, ND. WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A PLASTIC TRAFFIC CONE USED TO IDENTIFY THE LANDING ZONE.  A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNAIRWORTHY BE THE MANUFACTURER.

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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