# Incident 20061222027379I: Snias AS350BA, Reno, NV, December 22, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2006, 01:55 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5793P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5793P-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350BA (registry code 8680817, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell LTS101-600A3A (registry code 33819, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-lts101-600a3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061222027379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 6800 MSL, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER, LEFT YAW, CHIP, AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHTS, AND LOW ROTOR RPM HORN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AUTOROTATED TO A SAFE LANDING. THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THE CREW EXITED UNINJURED. THE FIRE, COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING SELF-EXTINGUISHED AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, WITH ONLY DAMAGE TO THE COWLING. THE OPERATOR SUBMITTED AN SDR NOTING THAT A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FREE TURBINE ASSEMBLY CASE.

## Other reports on N5793P (3)

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

- [Accident 20091114051399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091114051399A), Nov 14, 2009: Aerospatial AS350BA (N5793P), Doyle, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On November 14, 1009, at approximately 0200 mountain standard time (MST) (0900Z), N5793P, an aerospatiale AS350BA, owned and operated by mountain lifeflight,…
- [Incident 20080519835729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080519835729I), May 19, 2008: Snias AS350BA (N5793P), Reno, NV, Minor damage. (-23) During an hems flight, the pilot experienced an underspeed nr main rotor condition and performed a precautionary landing next to a highway.
- [Accident 19890222002389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890222002389A), Feb 22, 1989: Snias AS350D (N5793P), Spring Valley, NY, Destroyed. Autorotation to power recovery. No power. Impacted. Rolled over. Dne and pilot skill were factors.

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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