# Incident 19790123003519I: Aerosp SA316B, Livermore, CA, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 18:45 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.6870° N, 121.7598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livermore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6870&lon=-121.7598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6456, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6456-1984-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SE3160 ALOUETTE III (registry code 8680605, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-se3160-alouette-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA316B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,630 total, 1,230 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790123003519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED POSSIBLE WIRE STRIKE WHILE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY THROUGH PASS TRYING TO STAY VFR.

## Other reports on N6456 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820623024669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820623024669A), Jun 23, 1982: Aerosp SE3160 (N6456), Dardanelle, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Helicopter main rotors struck tops of tall trees during a night approach to a landing site lit by ground vehicles.

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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