# Accident 20060421006519A: Snias AS350B3, Kenai, AK, April 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2006, 01:06 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A0GM
- Location: 61.4331° N, 151.6447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4331&lon=-151.6447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911AA-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B3
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 950 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06TA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06TA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060421006519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND TWO ALASKA STATE TROOPERS WERE ON A SEARCH MISSION FOR A REPORTED MISSING PERSON. THE PILOT WAS USING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. THE PILOT TURNED TO AVOID A HILLSIDE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND MADE A HARD LANDING.

## 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 ANC06TA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06TA047), Apr 21, 2006: American Eurocopter AS350 B3 (N911AA), Nikiski, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from terrain during an aborted takeoff in whiteout conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated…

## Other reports on N911AA (1)

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

- [Accident 20130330006199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130330006199A), Mar 30, 2013: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N911AA), Talkeetna, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft was dispatched from anc to the Talkeetna area on a search and rescue mission. The pilot went to the Talkeetna trooper station to pick up a state…

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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