# Accident 19810316010469A: Aerosp SA315B, Heber City, UT, March 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1981, 12:40 local time
- Place: Heber City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5069° N, 111.4132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5069&lon=-111.4132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6390 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,124 total, 63 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810316010469A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DUE TO VERTIGO IN A WHITEOUT. TRYING TO EFFECT A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A HEAVY SNOW SQUALL.

## 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 DEN81FTM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM12), Mar 16, 1981: Aerospatle SA315B (N6390), Heber City, UT, substantial damage

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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