# Accident 19791008030579A: Aerosp SA315B, Swan Valley, ID, October 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1979, 11:38 local time
- Place: Swan Valley, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4426° N, 111.3245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Swan Valley, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4426&lon=-111.3245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219RM-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB (registry code 60003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-artousteiiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,534 total, 596 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008030579A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CARRYING 150 FT LONG CABLE CAUGHT CABLE IN TREE. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION.

## 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 SEA80FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA002), Oct 8, 1979: Aerospatial SA315B (N219RM), Swan Valley, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.