# Incident 20011206034189I: Aerosp AS355F1, Lompoc, CA, December 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2001, 08:15 local time
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAAA
- Location: 34.6627° N, 120.4708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lompoc, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6627&lon=-120.4708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N349AA-2014-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 355F1 (registry code 8680810, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS355F1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,969 total, 1,865 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/20011206034189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/06/01 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 THE COMMERCIAL PILOT LANDED THE AS-355 HELICOPTER ON A CEMENT "PAD" AT POINT CONCEPTION, CA. THIS "PAD", WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY THIS PILOT IN THIS HELICOPTER SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, IS LOCATED ON A U.S. COAST GUARD LIGHTHOUSE FACILITY. AFTER THIS LANDING THE HELICOPTER WAS SHUT DOWN. AS THE BAGGAGE WAS BEING UNLOADED, A PASSENGER'S FOOT BROKE THROUGH THE CEMENT AND A VOID WAS DISCOVERED BELOW THE CEMENT. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD START THE HELICOPTER TO MOVE IT, THE CEMENT UNDER THE HELICOPTER FAILED, CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL LEFT WITH THE NOSE AND TAIL CONE RESTING ON THE UPPPER EDGES OF A 10' X 20' UNDERGROUND TANK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY PERSONNEL.

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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