# N83776: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III, registration cancelled 1997-12-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 6, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa316b-alouette-iii) (registry code 8680515)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H1IN](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1IN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1827
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: December 7, 1978
- Last registry action: September 17, 1997
- Mode S code: AB75C7
- Owner when cancelled: [Rocky Mountain Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROCKY%20MOUNTAIN%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Provo, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Provo)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.2272° N, 111.6958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84601, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83776
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=83776
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83776-1997-12-06

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa316b-alouette-iii.md

## NTSB investigations (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 DEN90FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA172), Aug 20, 1990: Aerospatiale SA316B (N83776), Meeteetse, WY, destroyed. Probable cause: A MAIN ROTOR HEAD BLADE DAMPENER FAILURE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF A BLADE RESTRAINING CABLE.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19900819034069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900819034069A), Aug 19, 1990: Aerosp SA316B (N83776), Meeteetse, WY, Destroyed. Vibration and cylic began slamming around. Made hard out of control landing. Suspect main rotor dampner failure.

## Other aircraft with N83776

- [Cancelled 1949-03-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83776-1949-03-23): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 2453. Owner: [Farrar Les](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FARRAR%20LES), [San Bernadino, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Bernadino)

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