# Accident 20031227033539A: Aerosp AS365N2, Santa Fe, NM, December 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2003, 15:45 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PBKA
- Location: 35.6167° N, 106.0881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6167&lon=-106.0881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N291LL-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN (registry code 8680815, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-365-n2-dauphin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS365N2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 110 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031227033539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 27, 2003, AT 1545 MST, A AEROSPATIALE DAUPHIN, N291LL, REGISTERED TO BUSINESS AIRCRAFT LEASING INC., AND OPERATED BY AEROWEST HELICOPTERS, STRUCK AN AIRCRAFT HANGAR WITH IT'S MAIN ROTOR BLADE WHILE TAXIING AT SANTA FE AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. THE PART 91 RE-POSITIONING FLIGHT ORIGINATED ON DECEMBER 27, 2003 AT 1530 MST, FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FAA FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE ONLY OCCUPANT A COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT HANGAR AND FIVE AIRCRAFT LOCATED IN THE HANGAR WERE DAMAGED FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

## 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 DEN04LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA033), Dec 27, 2003: Aerospatiale AS 365 N-2 (N291LL), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain lateral clearance from the hangar. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind.

## Other reports on N291LL (3)

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

- [Incident 20010831028009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010831028009I), Aug 31, 2001: Aerosp AS365N2 (N291LL), Hershey, PA. (-23) While at cruise flight altitude 3000' MSL engine oil temperature #1 was noted as full scale depletion. No oil temperature light instrumentation and other…
- [Incident 20010828027999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828027999I), Aug 28, 2001: Aerosp AS365N2 (N291LL), Ft Indiantown, PA. (-23) Aircraft experienced smoke and fumes in cabin and cockpit during cruise flight. Uneventful precautionary landing completed at Muir Aaf (kmui).…
- [Incident 19920305012029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920305012029I), Mar 5, 1992: Aerosp SA365N (N291LL), Elizabethtown, KY, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Aircraft sustained minor damage.

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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