# Incident 19990228015659I: Snias AS350BA, Kahului, HI, February 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SSHA
- 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: N3607P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3607P-2006-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350BA (registry code 8680817, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,420 total, 315 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990228015659I

## Narrative

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

THE BAGGAGE DOOR POPPED OPEN IN FLIGHT AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3607P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060109000629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060109000629A), Jan 9, 2006: Snias AS350BA (N3607P), Kaupo, HI, Destroyed. (-23) Helicopter crashed at Kaupo, maui, Hawaii. Pilot said he felt a strong vibration, heard horn and entered autorotation. Aircraft crashed in trees at…

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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