# Accident 20200218002449A: Airbus Helicopters Inc AS350B2, Tampa, FL, February 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2020, 16:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0139° N, 82.3453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0139&lon=-82.3453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188FS-2022-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters AS350B2 (registry code 1145102, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-as350b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS INC AS350B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,088 total, 1,226 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200218002449A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 18/2020, AT 1615 EST, N188FS, AN AIRBUS HELICOPTERS INC AS350B2, REGISTERED TO "HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE", CONDUCTED A RUN-ON LANDING AT THE TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (VDF - TAMPA, FLORIDA) AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION MANEUVER WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (VDF - TAMPA, FL) ON FEBRUARY 18/2020, AT 1445 EST.

## 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 ERA20CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA106), Feb 18, 2020: Aerospatiale AS350 (N188FS), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadvertent throttle reduction below idle, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent impact with terrain following a power-off autorotation.

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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