# Accident 19800802034389A: Aerosp SA315B, Dell, MT, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Dell, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 44.7268° N, 112.6969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7268&lon=-112.6969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7915, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7915-1986-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sud SA315B LAMA (registry code 8680208, https://openairdocs.org/model/sud-sa315b-lama) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,709 total, 135 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802034389A

## Narrative

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

BEGAN TO SETTLE WITH POWER ON LANDING APPROACH. ENGINE OVER HEATED TRYING TO STOP DESCENT. DID NOT JETTISON LOAD.

## 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 DEN80FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA053), Aug 2, 1980: Aerospatle 315B (N7915), Dell, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7915 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820915046639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820915046639A), Sep 15, 1982: Aerosp SA315B (N7915), Kemmerer, WY, Destroyed. Engine quit during sling load hover. Helicopter fell into trees. Problem unknown. Possible fuel starvation problem.

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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