# Accident 20050105000039A: Snias AS350D, Falkner, MS, January 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2005, 23:03 local time
- Place: Falkner, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 34.8219° N, 88.8925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8219&lon=-88.8925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350RM-2010-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S N I A S AS350D ASTAR (registry code 8680803, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-as350d-astar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 600A series (registry code 41562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-600a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 4,850 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050105000039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PART 91 RE-POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM FALKNER, MS, ON 01/05/2005, AT 23:03 LOCAL, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SEVERAL TREES, TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS VFR, HOWEVER, IFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO WEATHER BRIEFING, WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY, AND DETERIORATING WEATHER.

## 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 ATL05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA038), Jan 6, 2005: Aerospatiale AS350-D (N350RM), Falkner, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to attempt VFR flight into known instrument flight conditions and failure to maintain altitude clearance resulted in an in-flight collision with trees and the ground.

## Other reports on N350RM (2)

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

- [Incident 19850129008619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850129008619I), Jan 29, 1985: Snias AS350D (N350RM), Locust Grove, GA, Minor damage. Noise from engine, vibration and RPM fluctuation. Safe landing. Compressor blade thrown damaging other blades.
- [Incident 19790719022269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790719022269I), Jul 19, 1979: Snias AS350D (N350RM), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Aircraft shuddered and chip dectector light came on. Teeth from oil and fuel pump drive sheared.

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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