# Accident 20000220005299A: Snias SA341G, Delray, FL, February 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Delray, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4501° N, 80.1893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4501&lon=-80.1893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2LN-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE (registry code 8680610, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa341g-gazelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ASTAZOU-111A (registry code 60007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-astazou-111a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS SA341G
- Reported engine: TMECA ASTAZOU3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 20 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220005299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT YIELDED STATMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT HE ^PRIVACY D^ HAD LOST HIS ORIENTATION IN REFERENCE TO A THREE STRAND BARDED WIRE CATTLE FENCE AS HE WAS HOVERING ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE A FRIEND'S PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO^PRIVACY DAT^EXPLAINATION, AS HE CONDUCTED THE HOVER, A BULL CAME INTO VIEW WITHIN YARDS OF HIS POSITION. AS HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO ORIENT TOWARD THE BULL IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE ANIMAL. HE INADVERTANTLY HOOKED ONE OF THE LANDING SKIDS INTO THE BARDED WIRE FENCE.  THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED ABRUPTLY AND RESTED UPON ITS PORT SIDE.  NO FIRE,FLUID LEAKS, SCORCH MARKS OR OTHER SUCH EVIDENCE OF FLAME WAS OBSERVED AT THE CRASH SITE.  THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.  NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY TO ANYONE ON THE GROUND WAS OBSERVED OR REPORTED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (.4)THE PILOT HAD APPROACHED THE FIELD FROM THE WEST, AND CAME TO A STOP ABOUT HALFWAY INTO THE FIELD, ABOUT 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE NORTH, STOPPED, AND STARTED A TURN TO THE WEST.  THE HELICOPTER HESITATED TO TURN, STARTED TO TURN EAST, DRIFTED NORTH, HOOKED A BARRED WIRE FENCE WITH THE RIGHT SIDE SKID, AND LOST CONTROL.

## 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 MIA00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA095), Feb 20, 2000: Aerospatiale SA341G (N2LN), Delray, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: a collision with a fence while at a hover, which resulted in the helicopter rolling over.

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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