N5449C
Aerospatiale AS350B
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Germany on July 5, 1956.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- May 10, 1982Accident
WHILE MAKING A CLEANUP SWATH AROUND THE BOTTOM OF A HILL, THE HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH WIRES. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE WIRES WHILE HOLDING HIS HEAD IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO REDUCE THE EFFECT OF SUN-GLARE. AFTER HITTING THE WIRES, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER MOMENTARILY. HOWEVER, HE REGAINED CONTROL AND LANDED PAST THE WIRE.