# Accident 20160506009689A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Skagway, AK, May 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Skagway, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HSXA
- Location: 59.4503° N, 135.2056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4503&lon=-135.2056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94TH-2019-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,190 total, 5,700 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160506009689A

## Narrative

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

CORRECTIVE ACTION; G OTHER: TALKED TO AIRCRAFT OWNER AND STATED THAT THEY SHOULD IMPLEMENT THEIR PART 135 RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL ON ALL PART 91 FLIGHT.

AFTER MULTIPLE FLIGHTS UP TO DOG CAMP, ACCIDENT PILOT DECIDED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT RETURN ROUTE TO BASE.

AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING AND A COMPANY AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED AND REPORTED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO LOW CLOUD LAYERS IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH SITE.

US COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT ALSO REPORTED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND WERE ONLY ABLE TO HOIST A RESCUE SWIMMER TO THE CRASH SITE AND DETERMINE THE PILOT WAS DECEASED.

AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACTED A SNOW COVERED  HILLSIDE IN A HIGH VERTICAL RIGHT SIDE UP SLOPE, NO FORWARD MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

INVESTIGATION BY BOTH AIRFRAME AND ENGINE MANUFACTURER INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING NORMAL AT TIME OF IMPACTED.

## 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 ANC16FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA023), May 7, 2016: Airbus AS350 (N94TH), Skagway, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot experiencing a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled…

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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