# Incident 20010209000939I: Snias AS350BA, Lake Mead, NV, February 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2001, 11:40 local time
- Place: Lake Mead, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PG9A
- Aircraft: N911KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911KR-2008-03-18) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010209000939I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON A FLIGHT FROM GRAND CANYON WEST AIRPORT TO LAS AT AN ALTITUDE ON 4500' MSL, A FLOCK OF RAVENS WERE ENCOUNTERED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID RAVENS, HOWEVER ONE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT DOOR WINDOW.  A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE NEAR MIDDLE POINT  ON A BEACH AT LAKE MEAD.

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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