# Incident 20060929019389I: Snias AS350B2, Pearce Ferry, AR, September 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2006, 10:25 local time
- Place: Pearce Ferry, AR
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KBMA
- Aircraft: N230SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N230SH-2022-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL (registry code 8680813, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350-b2-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,533 total, 183 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060929019389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HELICOPTER MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITH FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM NORTHWEST OF PEARCE FERRY AIRSTRIP. OPERATOR STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON AND STARTED TO LOSE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, SO HE MADE THE CALL TO LAND THE HELICOPTER. FLIGHT FOLLOWER HAD NOT HEARD FROM THE HELICOPTER AND NOTIFIED OPERATIONS. THE COMPANY INITIATED A SEARCH WITH THEIR HELICOPTERS WITH NO LUCK FINDING THE DOWNED HELICOPTER. COMPANY CONTACTED CLARK COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE AND LAKE MEAD DISPATCH AND ASKED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING THE DOWNED HELICOPTER. AFTER TWO AND A HALF HOURS ON THE GROUND PILOT DECIDED TO USE THE RADIO AFTER LETTING THE VOLTAGE REGAIN ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE A CALL AND TELL THEM WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED. THE COMPANY RECEIVED A CALL FROM LAKE MEAD DISPATCH STATING THAT THE HELICOPTER AND PASSENGERS HAD BEEN LOCATED WITH NO HELICOPTER DAMAGE NOR PASSENGER INJURIES. THE COMPANY DISPATCHED A HELICOPTER WITH A MECHANIC, AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THEY REPLACED THE MAIN BATTERY AND NOTICED THAT THE DIM SWITCH WAS ALL THE WAY INTO THE DIM POSITION. RETURNED HELICOPTER BACK TO SERVICE AND FLEW BACK TO MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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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