# Incident 20021004026609I: Snias AS350B3, Showlow, AZ, October 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2002, 11:02 local time
- Place: Showlow, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 34.2542° N, 110.0298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Show Low, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2542&lon=-110.0298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N972AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B3
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021004026609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT (WITH 2 MEDICAL CREWMEMBERS) WAS ON APPROACH TO THE HOSPITAL R/W LANDING PAD AT SHOWLOW, AZ, WHEN AT APPROX. 300 FT (AGL) THE POWER PLANT OVERSPED, OVER TORQUED, AND OVERTEMPED. THE PILOT ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND MANEUVERED THE HELICOPTER TO A MEADOW AREA APPROX. 1/3 MILE NORTHEAST FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE MADE A SUCCESSFUL TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDING DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A SLIGHT DENT IN THE FIBERGLASS NOSE PIECE. THE OPERATIONAL DAMAGE TO THE DYNAMIC HARDWARE WILL REQUIRE (PER EUROCOPTER M/M SPECS) REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN & TAIL ROTOR BLADES, THE MAIN ROTOR (STARFLEX) HEAD, AND THE TURBOMECA PRIME MOVER. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR FIRE. NO PATIENT/PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.

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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