19810122001389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aerosp SA316B · Coalville, UT · January 22, 1981

Date
January 22, 1981 · 16:35 local
Place
Coalville, UT
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10364
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTM07
Reported as
Aerosp SA316B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,685 total1,297 in this make and model77 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost tail rotor control on landing hover. Hit wires and fence. Found tail rotor stack bearing failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOST TAIL ROTOR CONTROL ON LANDING HOVER. HIT WIRES AND FENCE. FOUND TAIL ROTOR STACK BEARING FAILURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.