# Accident 20080524837089A: Snias AS350D, Catalina Islan, CA, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 09:20 local time
- Place: Catalina Islan, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ISHA
- Location: 33.4383° N, 118.4997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4383&lon=-118.4997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67GE-2014-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS350D (registry code 8680804, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as350d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell LTS101-600A-3 (registry code 33818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-lts101-600a-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350D
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101600A3
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,692 total, 3,942 in this make and model, 238 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08MA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08MA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524837089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2008, AT 0920 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AEROSPATIALE AS-350-D HELICOPTER, N67GE, OPERATED BY ISLAND EXPRESS HELICOPTERS, INC. IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE LANDING AT TWO HARBORS, AVALON, LOCATED ON  CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, DURING A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 ON-DEMAND, COMMERCIAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM QUEENSWAY BAY HELIPORT, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AT 0907. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, A COMPANY EMPLOYEE, AND ONE PASSENGER WERE KILLED, AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE HELICOPTER APPROACHING THE DESTINATION WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA08MA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08MA136), May 24, 2008: Aerospatiale AS-350-D (N67GE), Avalon, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of engine power during approach for landing due to a fatigue fracture of a power turbine blade.

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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