# Incident 20070816019089I: Snias AS350B2, Juneau, AK, August 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2007, 15:15 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Copter/Run Takoff)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N5JA
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N392NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,529 total, 192 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070816019089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2007, ABOUT 1515 ADT, A EUROCOPTER AS-350 HELICOPTER, N392NS, OPERATED AS A TITLE 14, CFR PART 135 LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN DURING TAKEOFF THE TAIL CONTACTED THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE TAXIWAY DUE TO A RAPID DECELERATION INITIATED BY THE PILOT WHO HEARD SCREAMS FROM PASSENGERS REACTING TO A DOOR THAT OPENED DURING THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE DOOR BLEW OPENED THAT HE INSTINCTIVELY LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND APPLIED AFT CYCLIC TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT, THINKING THAT THE PASSENGERS HAD NOTICED SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS THAN JUST THE DOOR. BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND HE FELT THE TAIL STINGER MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT COMPLETED A LANDING AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY, SECURED THE CONTROLS AND THE DOOR AND THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO PARKING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO THE TAIL STINGER AND MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER.

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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