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Incident

FAA incident report · Snias AS350BA · Philadelphia, PA · August 3, 2006

Date: August 3, 2006 · 06:45 local
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N606TV
Reported as: Snias AS350BA
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,210 total1,010 in this make and model93 in the last 90 days

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 aug 3, 2006 at 06:45 hours N606TV departed Northeast Philadelphia Airport (pne) for an aerial photo assignment. After approximately five minutes of flight in the vicinity of the taxony palmyra bridge, the pilot got a momentary aural warning of hydraulic loss. He immediately began a shallow turn to return to the airport (pne). There were several other momentary instances of the aural warning and also the visual warning simultaneously (light). An emergency was declared and the procedures followed through the landing sequence without further incident. The helicopter was towed to the hangar. (Pilot statement added to this report).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUG 3, 2006 AT 06:45 HOURS N606TV DEPARTED NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE) FOR AN AERIAL PHOTO ASSIGNMENT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES OF FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF THE TAXONY PALMYRA BRIDGE, THE PILOT GOT A MOMENTARY AURAL WARNING OF HYDRAULIC LOSS. HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A SHALLOW TURN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT (PNE). THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER MOMENTARY INSTANCES OF THE AURAL WARNING AND ALSO THE VISUAL WARNING SIMULTANEOUSLY (LIGHT). AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED THROUGH THE LANDING SEQUENCE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE HELICOPTER WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR. (PILOT STATEMENT ADDED TO THIS REPORT).