# Accident 20060813015989A: Snias AS350B3, Yellow Pine, ID, August 13, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0075° N, 115.7111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0075&lon=-115.7111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N355EV-2011-07-18) (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
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL2B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06GA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06GA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060813015989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE OPERATING PUBLIC USE FOR THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE THE EUROCOPTER AS-350B3, REGISTRATION N355EV, CRASHED 14 MILES WEST OF YELLOW PINE, ID. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD, ALL SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON A FIRE SERVICE ROAD ADJACENT THE EAST FORK OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SALMON RIVER. ONE TAILROTOR BLADE AND THREE PLASTIC CONTAINERS, TWO OF WHICH HAD MATCHING TAILROTOR MARKINGS ON THEM, WERE FOUND 1500-1800 FEET UP THE MOUNTAIN FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE. ADDITIONALLY, BETWEEN THE TAILROTOR BLADE AND THE MAIN WRECKAGE SITE THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, UPPER WIRE STRIKE SYSTEM BLADE AND TAILROTOR GEARBOX COVER WERE DISCOVERED. THE TAILROTOR GEARBOX WITH THE REMAINING BLADE WAS FOUND AT THE MAIN WRECKAGE SITE. ALL MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE AT THE MAIN WRECKAGE SITE. THE FUSELAGE WAS DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 SEA06GA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06GA158), Aug 13, 2006: Eurocopter AS-350-B3 (N355EV), Yellow Pine, ID, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional low altitude flight and his failure to maintain an adequate altitude to clear the trees.

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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