# Accident 20170803012769A: Eurocopter AS 350 B3, Big Delta, AK, August 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: Big Delta, AK
- Airport: Pogo Mine Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 2SYA
- Location: 64.4678° N, 144.9150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.4678&lon=-144.9150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N351SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N351SH-2021-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,998 total, 6,696 in this make and model, 334 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170803012769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED TOO CLOSE TO A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. ROTOR BLADES STRUCK STEEL RAIL ON THE EQUIPMENT.

## 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 ANC17CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17CA041), Aug 3, 2017: Airbus AS350 (N351SH), Delta Junction, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a steel frame attached to a tracked drilling unit. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to visually identify the steel frame during the…

## Other reports on N351SH (1)

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

- [Accident 20210327001299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210327001299A), Mar 27, 2021: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N351SH), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage, 5 fatal. Transcribed from the NTSB preliminary report. On March 27, 2021, about 1835 Alaska daylight time, an Airbus helicopters AS350-B3, N351SH, was destroyed when it…

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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