# Incident 20041106028729I: Snias AS350B, Houston, TX, November 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Clover Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TXEA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N147BH-2013-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350B (registry code 8680800, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,944 total, 1,042 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041106028729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PRACTICE HYDRAULICS OFF APPROACH TO LANDING, WITH THE TRAINEE AT THE CONTROLS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN LEFT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE TRAINOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DIRECTED THE TRAINEE TO TURN ON THE HYDRAULICS. THE TRAINEE ASKED HOW TO DO THAT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL. BEFORE THE HYDRAULICS WERE RESTORED THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 360 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND DRIFTED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AND TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A VERY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE TRAINOR RECOVERED CONTROL AND LANDED NORMALLY WITH THE HYDRAULICS OFF. THE HYDRAULICS CAME ON AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. THE PILOTS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE WAS CRACKED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE TRAINOR THEN RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO HOUSTON'S HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU).

## Other reports on N147BH (2)

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

- [Incident 20070708021999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708021999I), Jul 8, 2007: Snias AS350B (N147BH), Gulf Of Mexico, US, Substantial damage. (-23) After a normal approach and landing, collective was lowered to flat pitch when a severe vertical vibration occurred. Emergency shut down procedures were…
- [Accident 20030707021389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707021389A), Jul 7, 2003: Snias AS350B (N147BH), Substantial damage. (-23) After terminating in a hover configuration over the platform the pilot heard a loud noise. This initial loud noise was followed by an uncontrolled spin…

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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