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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350BA · Grand Canyon, AZ · July 30, 2000

Date: July 30, 2000 · 10:30 local
Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: KBMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N270SH
Reported as: Snias AS350BA
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,300 total1,600 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N270SHRegistration cancelled Jun 1, 2006 · Aerospatiale AS350BAS/N 1864 · Built 1985 Airframe modelAerospatiale AS350BA Engine modelTurbomeca ARRIEL-1SERTurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This incident occurred as a result of the pilot performing low level or (terrain flight) during which time a turning manuever was performed causing one main rotor blade to make contact with a tree.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT PERFORMING LOW LEVEL OR (TERRAIN FLIGHT) DURING WHICH TIME A TURNING MANUEVER WAS PERFORMED CAUSING ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A TREE.

Other reports on N270SH · 2

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

Accident 20030920037859ADescent · Grandcanyonwes, AZ(-23) On September 20, 2003, at 1238 mountain standard time, an aerospatiale AS350BA, N270SH, collided with a canyon wall during a descent into descent canyon, about 1.5 miles east of grand canyon west airport, Arizona. The helicopter was substantially…Sep 20, 2003 · Destroyed · 7 fatal Incident 20000523016979IHovering · Peach Springs, AZ(-23)Aircraft N270SH had landed to a hover over a remote unimproved helipad. While making a pedal turn over the helipad, the pilot miscalculated his distance from the center of the pad causing the vertical fin to be too FAR upslope. This miscalculation caused…May 23, 2000 · Minor damage