# Accident 20001013015089A: Snias AS350BA, Hilo, HI, October 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2000, 08:45 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.6893° N, 155.0805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6893&lon=-155.0805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532BH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013015089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMPANY PILOT/CFI WAS INSTRUCTING SECOND COMPANY PILOT. HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS FROM FIVE FOOT ALTITUDE WERE BEING PRACTICED. ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOTS NOTED NOISE AND VIBRATIONS. AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION REVEALED A COLLAPSED TAILBOOM WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO MAIN ROTOR STRIKE WAS NOTED. THE TAILBOOM DAMAGE WAS THE SAME AS TO THE TYPE OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING. THE ELT ACTIVATED AND NOTED BY THE TOWER. BOTH PILOTS INDICATE A NORMAL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

## 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 LAX01LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA016), Oct 13, 2000: Aerospatiale AS350-BH (N532BH), Hilo, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance by the helicopter manufacturer during manufacture, which installed skins of inadequate thickness on the tail boom. A factor in the accident was the failure of the…

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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