# Incident 20000730026249I: Snias AS350BA, Grand Canyon, AZ, July 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KBMA
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N270SH-2006-06-01) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000730026249I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20030920037859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920037859A), Sep 20, 2003: Snias AS350BA (N270SH), Grandcanyonwes, AZ, Destroyed, 7 fatal. (-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,…
- [Incident 20000523016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000523016979I), May 23, 2000: Snias AS350BA (N270SH), Peach Springs, AZ, Minor damage. (-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 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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