# Incident 20070708021999I: Snias AS350B, Gulf Of Mexico, US, July 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, US
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: U0GA
- Aircraft: N147BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N147BH-2013-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350B (registry code 8680800, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,742 total, 120 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708021999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING, COLLECTIVE WAS LOWERED TO FLAT PITCH WHEN A SEVERE VERTICAL VIBRATION OCCURRED. EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES WERE EMPLOYED. AFTER EXITING THE HELICOPTER FOUND STAR FLEX HAD SEPARATED AT BLUE BLADE AND TAILBOOM HAD CRUSH DAMAGE AFT OF CONNECTION POINT. SEPARATION OF STAR FLEX APPEARS TO BE "STATIC OVERLOAD." COMPLETE ASSEMBLY BEING SENT TO EUROCOPTER FRANCE FOR EVALUATION. COMPONENT TOTAL TIME 481.6. AD 2000-20-19 IS APPLICABLE AND WAS COMPLIED WITH AT COMPONENT TIME OF 55.0 HRS. OPERATOR INSPECTED REMAINING FLEET OF 37 AS-350 HELICOPTERS AND FOUND NO ANOMALIES.

## Other reports on N147BH (2)

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

- [Incident 20041106028729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041106028729I), Nov 6, 2004: Snias AS350B (N147BH), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) During a practice hydraulics off approach to landing, with the trainee at the controls, the aircraft began to turn left just prior to touchdown. The…
- [Accident 20030707021389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707021389A), Jul 7, 2003: Snias AS350B (N147BH), Substantial damage. (-23) After terminating in a hover configuration over the platform the pilot heard a loud noise. This initial loud noise was followed by an uncontrolled spin…

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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