# Accident 19780905043429A: Aerosp SA316B, Pensacola, FL, September 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1978
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Baptist Heliport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8394, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8394-1983-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sud SA316B ALOUETTE III (registry code 8680207, https://openairdocs.org/model/sud-sa316b-alouette-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA316B
- Reported engine: TMECA ARTOUSTE3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,705 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKJ96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780905043429A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79FKJ96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ96), Sep 5, 1978: Aerospatle SE3160 (N8394), Pensacola, FL, destroyed

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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