# Accident 19990609006689A: Snias AS350BA, Juneau, AK, June 9, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1999, 10:50 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XCHA
- Location: 58.5791° N, 134.7708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5791&lon=-134.7708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6099S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6099S-2001-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC99FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990609006689A

## Narrative

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

COASTAL HELICOPTERS AIR TAXI (1994 EUROCOPTER AS350BA HELICOPTER) CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES INTO HERBERT GLACIER WHILE ON A SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT, THE PILOT AND 6 PAX ALL SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) DURING FLIGHTSEEING FLIGHT, IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GLACIER AT HIGH SPEED AND A VERY STEEP ANGLE OF 60 TO 75 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, RESULTING IN SEVEN FATALITIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC99FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FA073), Jun 9, 1999: Eurocopter AS-350BA (N6099S), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 7 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into adverse weather, spatial disorientation, and failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors associated with the accident were pressure by the company to continue…

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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