# Incident 20010330006409I: Snias AS350BA, Las Vegas, NV, March 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2001, 00:02 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M7KA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73MH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010330006409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC PERFORMED PRE-FLIGHT AND THEN COMPLETED TWO AIR TOURS TO THE GRAND CANYON. UPON LANDING FROM THE SECOND AND FINAL FLIGHT, THE A/C WAS SHUTDOWN AND A POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND WAS PERFORMED. THE POST FLIGHT REVEALED THAT THE TAIL ROTOR HAD RECEIVED DAMAGE WHICH PIERCED THE T/R BLADES SKIN COMPLETELY THROUGH THE BLADE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGAITON, THE PIC AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT AN AIR GUIDE CONDENSOR FIN HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AIR CONDITIONING INLET PORT. THE FIN, THE "L" BRACKET, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH MAY HAVE STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE.

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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