# Accident 20050712017829A: Snias AS350BA, Kailua-Kona, HI, July 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2005, 06:30 local time
- Place: Kailua-Kona, HI
- Airport: Keahole Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SSHA
- Location: 20.1800° N, 155.7350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.1800&lon=-155.7350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4064F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4064F-2008-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 346 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050712017829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/12/05 AT 11:46 AM SUNSHINE AIRCRAFT N4064F, AS-350-BA HELICOPTER, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT KONA AIRPORT RUNWAY 17 AFTER THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING INFLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON THIS AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE WAS IN THE TAIL ROTOR AREA ONLY.

## 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 LAX05FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA229), Jul 12, 2005: Eurocopter AS350BA (N4064F), Kapaau, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the in-flight separation of the tail rotor system as a result of a loss of clamp force and fatigue fracturing of the attachment nut plates. The cause of the loss of clamp force was likely due to an…

## Other reports on N4064F (1)

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

- [Incident 20000824027649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000824027649I), Aug 24, 2000: Snias AS350BA (N4064F), Hilo, HI. (-23)On 8/24/2000, at approximately 1426 HST, the aerospatiale as 350BA, N4064F, encountered an hydraulic system failure during its approach to the Hilo…

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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