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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aerospatiale AS350B2 · Juneau, AK · July 3, 2019

Date
July 3, 2019 · 09:45 local
Place
Juneau, AK
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
XCHL
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N279CH
Reported as
Aerospatiale AS350B2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,900 total1,140 in this make and model123 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was sling loading a snowmachine to the company ramp. While maneuvering to avoid the sida area the snowmachine made contact with and damaged a taxiway light. There was no other damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS SLING LOADING A SNOWMACHINE TO THE COMPANY RAMP. WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID THE SIDA AREA THE SNOWMACHINE MADE CONTACT WITH AND DAMAGED A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE.