# N981CF: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III, registration cancelled 1998-05-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 8, 1998
- 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: 1910
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: August 25, 1978
- Last registry action: June 21, 1995
- Mode S code: ADAF13
- 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/N981CF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=981CF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N981CF-1998-05-08

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 LAX94LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA311), Aug 10, 1994: Aerospatiale SA316B (N981CF), Stateline, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain the proper rate of descent during the vertical descent into the landing zone, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors in the accident were high density altitude…

## 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 19940809021129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940809021129A), Aug 9, 1994: Aerosp SA316B (N981CF), Stateline, NV, Substantial damage. High descent rate to parking lot partily arrested. Bounced. Damaged.became airborne. Spun down embankment into creek

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