# Incident 20060717022409I: Snias AS350BA, Philadelphia, PA, July 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2006, 12:15 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0817° N, 75.0106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0817&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606TV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06IA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06IA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060717022409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2006 AT 1155 HOURS N606TV DEPARTED CITY AVENUE HELIPORT ENROUTE TO NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE) ON AN AERIAL PHOTO ASSIGNMENT. THEY WERE PREPARING TO ORBIT AT 1000 FEET TO START FILMING WHEN THE HYDRAULIC CAUTION LIGHT MOMENTARILY ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE SOUNDING OF THE AUDIO HORN. PILOT STATED HE KNEW THAT HE HAD AN IMPENDING HYDRAULIC FAILURE SO HE HEADED TO PNE AND INFORMED THE TOWER THEY HAD A HYDRAULIC FAILURE AND WOULD LIKE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33. HE HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS SYSTEM AND APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OUT, THE HYDRAULIC CAUTION LIGHT FULLY ILLUMINATED AND THE AUDIO HORN SOUNDED. HE THEN EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IAW OPERATOR'S MANUAL. THE HELICOPTER LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER DIFFICULTIES.

## 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 NYC06IA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06IA176), Jul 17, 2006: Eurocopter AS-350 BA (N606TV), Philadelphia, PA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: A loss of hydraulic boost for undetermined reasons.

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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