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Incident

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B · Council Bluffs, IA · March 17, 2005

Date
March 17, 2005 · 09:15 local
Place
Council Bluffs, IA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
QMLA
Aircraft
N3593X
Reported as
Snias AS350B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 17, 2005, at approximately 9:15 am, N3593X, an aerospatiale AS350B2, operated by air methods, a 14 CFR 135 certificate holder, was conducting a 14 CFR 91 positioning flight from Council Bluffs municipal airport to the helipad located at creighton hospital in omaha, Nebraska. During cruise flight the pilot noted an engine chip light annunciation. The pilot notified air traffic control and performed an emergency landing in a field at the intersection of 9th and main street in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The aircraft landed without incident and the pilot reported no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 17, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM, N3593X, AN AEROSPATIALE AS350B2, OPERATED BY AIR METHODS, A 14 CFR 135 CERTIFICATE HOLDER, WAS CONDUCTING A 14 CFR 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO THE HELIPAD LOCATED AT CREIGHTON HOSPITAL IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTED AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ANNUNCIATION. THE PILOT NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 9TH AND MAIN STREET IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.