# Accident 20000504013599A: Snias AS350B, Blanding, UT, May 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2000, 15:40 local time
- Place: Blanding, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 37.6187° N, 109.5095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blanding, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6187&lon=-109.5095&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGPTT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000504013599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT APPROACHED LANDING AREA WITH VERY AGGRESSIVE MANEUVER WITH PEDAL TURN, POP HEARD, AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND VERY HARD AND STARTED BREAKING UP. UPON COMING TO A REST, AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE, 3 FATALITIES, AND 3 SURVIVORS. POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE AND UNSUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATION. AIRCRAFT OVERGROSSED OUT OF GROUND EFFEDT (OGE) AND BARELY OUT OF LIMITS IN GROUND EFFECT (IGE). MAX WEIGHT AS PER CHARTS IN FM 3700 LBS (OBE) ACTUAL WEIGHT 4066.2 LBS, MAX WEIGHT AS PER CHARTS IN FM 4015 LBS (IGE), ACTUAL WEIGHT 4066.2 LBS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.