# Accident 20080623840969A: Snias AS350BA, Chickaloon, AK, June 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2008, 11:58 local time
- Place: Chickaloon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: L49L
- Location: 61.5183° N, 147.3169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5183&lon=-147.3169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357CH-2015-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1B (registry code 60042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,166 total, 1,138 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080623840969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE LOAD. HE REDUCED POWER BY TOO MUCH AND STARTED A FAST DESCENT RATE AND FELT A SMALL VIBRATION REMINISCENT OF ENTERING HIS VORTEX RINGS. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT PEDAL, PULLED POWER, AND STEERED AWAY FROM THE LAST PLACE HE REMEMBERED SEEING HIS PEOPLE. THE PILOT THOUGHT ABOUT PUNCHING THE LOAD, BUT NEVER ACUTALLY DID. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE SNOW HARD AND ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.

## 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 ANC08LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA076), Jun 23, 2008: Eurocopter AS-350 BA (N357CH), Chickaloon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect actions during an out-of ground-effect hover, which resulted in the helicopter entering a main rotor ring vortex state, and a settling with power condition, producing an…

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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