# Accident 19801119082499A: Aerosp SA316B, Gallup, NM, November 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1980, 16:36 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 35.5138° N, 108.7437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gallup, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5138&lon=-108.7437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA316B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 534 total, 285 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801119082499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT JETTISONED PULL-LINE, TURNED TO FLY AWAY. LINE CAUGHT ON CHOPPER DUE TO TURN. ROTORS CHOPPED OFF TAIL BOOM.

## 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 FTW81FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA009), Nov 19, 1980: Aerospatle SA316B (N614RA), Gallup, NM, destroyed, 1 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.

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