# Incident 20070423008389I: Snias AS350B2, Crown City, OH, April 23, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2007, 05:59 local time
- Place: Crown City, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 38.5897° N, 82.2973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crown City, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5897&lon=-82.2973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106HN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,112 total, 185 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070423008389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A MEDIVAC HELICOPTER DEPARTED PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL IN POINT PLEASANT WV ENROUTE TO ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IN HUNTINGTON WV. AT APPROXIMATELY 22 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP THE AIRCRAFT HAD A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT AUTOROTATED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO A FIELD CLOSE TO CROWN CITY OHIO. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TWO MEDICAL STAFF, ONE PATIENT AND ONE PILOT ON BOARD, NO ONE WAS INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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