# Accident 20080919850569A: Snias AS350B, Linden, NJ, September 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2008, 16:50 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MHIA
- Location: 40.6172° N, 74.2444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6172&lon=-74.2444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N906BA-2019-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S N I A S AS-350B ECUREUIL (registry code 8680801, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-as-350b-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1B (registry code 60042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,280 total, 500 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919850569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TRAINING CAPTAIN WAS ADMINISTERING NEW HIRE CHECK RIDE.  NEW HIRE PILOT ALLOWED ROTOR R.P.M. TO DECAY DANGEROUSLY LOW.  TRAINING CAPTAIN WAS TOO LATE IN RECOVERY ATTEMPT.

## 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 MIA08LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA199), Sep 19, 2008: Eurocopter AS-350-BA (N906BA), Linden, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action (flight control inputs) during a practice autorotation/run-on landing resulting in fracture damage to the main rotor system Starflex.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.