# Accident 20160505006079A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Juneau, AK, May 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: U0GA
- Location: 58.4800° N, 134.2089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4800&lon=-134.2089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N194EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N194EH-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,428 total, 2,083 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505006079A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JUNEAU AND WAS EN ROUTE TO A DOG CAMP  WHEN IT CRASHED ON FLAT, SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN ABOUT ¾ MILE FROM THE DOG CAMP. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY TOLD A COLLEAGUE THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED ?FLAT LIGHT.?

## 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 ANC16LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA022), May 5, 2016: Airbus AS350 (N194EH), Juneau, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance while on approach to land in flat light conditions. Contributing to the severity of the pilot's injuries was the inadequately restrained internal…

## Other reports on N194EH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010321006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010321006439I), Mar 21, 2001: Snias AS350B2 (N194EH), Valdez, AK, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] of era aviation, inc., was piloting rotorcraft, N194EH, performing powerline surveillance on March 21, 2001. The rotorcraft was in…

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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