# Accident 19800317006599A: Aerosp SA315B, Joyce, WA, March 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1980, 11:50 local time
- Place: Joyce, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 48.1365° N, 123.7341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joyce, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1365&lon=-123.7341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47270 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800317006599A

## Narrative

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

H FRAME BROKE DURING LIFT OPERATION SEVERING FUEL LINE.HELECOPTER CRASHED ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 SEA80DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE22), Mar 17, 1980: Aerospatle SA315B (N47270), Joyce, WA, 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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