# Incident 20090730012629I: Snias AS350B, Topeka, KS, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 00:05 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L2SA
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911KS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,787 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730012629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE FROM LAWRENCE, KS LWC TO FORT RILEY, KS TO PICK UP A PATIENT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO.  A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA, KS AND 200 YARD NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70.  1 PILOT AND 2 MEDICAL STAFF ON BOARD.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE REPORTED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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