# Incident 20070803019659I: Snias AS350B2, Red Devil, AK, August 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2007, 11:39 local time
- Place: Red Devil, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: U0GA
- Location: 61.7576° N, 157.3584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Devil, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7576&lon=-157.3584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162EH-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,020 total, 10,850 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070803019659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING A FOREIGN OBJECT ROSE UP IN THE ROTOR WASH AND STRUCK THE ROTOR BLADES SPLITTING ONE ON THE TRAILING EDGE CAUSING A GAP OF APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 INCHES WIDE BY 8 INCHES LONG.(-23 AMENDMENT) WHILE SEEKING A PLACE TO LAND IN A CONFINED AREA, PILOT DECIDED THERE WERE TOO MANY LOW TREES AND PULLED PITCH TO GO BACK UP AND FIND ANOTHER SPOT. SUPPOSITION IS THAT DURING THE TRANSITION A BRANCH THAT HAD BEEN HELD DOWN BY THE ROTOR WASH SNAPPED UP HITTING THE BOTTOM OF ONE BLADE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE AND PUTTING SMALL CREASES ON BOTTOMS OF THE OTHER TWO BLADES. AS PILOT FLEW AWAY HE NOTICED BLADE VIBRATION/OUT OF TRACK CONDITION AND LANDED TO INVESTIGATE. HE FOUND THE ONE BLADE HAD SPLIT IN THE BACK AND LOST SOME OF THE INTERIOR FOAM.

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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