# Incident 20000824027649I: Snias AS350BA, Hilo, HI, August 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2000, 17:26 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SSHA
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4064F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4064F-2008-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (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: 16,466 total, 1,207 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000824027649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 8/24/2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1426 HST, THE AEROSPATIALE AS 350BA, N4064F, ENCOUNTERED AN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE DURING ITS APPROACH TO THE HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY, NOTIFIED THE HILO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN RWY 8 AND THE CONTROL TOWER. THE POST LANDING AIRCRAFT INSPECTION, CONDUCTED BY SUNSHINE'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, REVEALED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP HAD FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.  THE FAILED COMPONENT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 08/25/2000.

## Other reports on N4064F (1)

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

- [Accident 20050712017829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050712017829A), Jul 12, 2005: Snias AS350BA (N4064F), Kailua-Kona, HI, Substantial damage. (-23) On 07/12/05 at 11:46 am sunshine aircraft N4064F, AS-350-BA helicopter, made an emergency landing at Kona airport runway 17 after the tail rotor gearbox…

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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