# Accident 20030407007139A: Aerosp SA319B, Valdez, AK, April 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PYFC
- Location: 61.1883° N, 145.3447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1883&lon=-145.3447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA319B ALOUETTE III (registry code 8680607, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa319b-alouette-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA319B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 845 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407007139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING 135 HELISKI OPS PILOT APPROACHED LZ AT 5500'. AT TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHAKE PILOT LIFTED OFF TO SMOOTH OUT SYSTEM SHAKE BECAME VIOLENT, PILOT HEADED DOWN HILL APPRX 500' TO BETTER LANDING AREA. ENROUTE THE SHAKE BECAME SMOOTHER AFTER PILOT HEARD A LARGE BANG. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. DURING THE VIOLENT SHAKE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. CONTROL CAME BACK AFTER THE LOUD BANG. POST FLIGHT REVEALED THAT THE MR BLADE SPACING CABLE ATTACHED TO THE RED BLADE HAD BROKEN FROM IT'S ATTACHMENT. AND THE TAIL BOOM LOWER ATTACH POINT WAS BUCKED FROM THE AIRCRAFT SHAKE.

## 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 ANC03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA042), Apr 7, 2003: Aerospatiale SA-319B (N119PH), Valdez, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with a ground resonance condition during the landing touchdown, which resulted in the shearing of a main rotor spacing cable bolt, and buckling of the tail boom.

## Other reports on N119PH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060923021739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060923021739A), Sep 23, 2006: Aerosp SA319B (N119PH), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported that he was transporting a previously crashed Piper PA-18 airplane on a 100 foot external load line. The external load line was…

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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