# Incident 20050317003289I: Snias AS350B, Council Bluffs, IA, March 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 41.2619° N, 95.8608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Council Bluffs, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2619&lon=-95.8608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3593X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3593X-2008-08-21) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050317003289I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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