# Incident 19810609071879I: Aerosp SE3160, Ruidoso, NM, June 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.3495° N, 105.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruidoso, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3495&lon=-105.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605RA-2007-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III (registry code 8680515, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa316b-alouette-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB (registry code 60003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-artousteiiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SE3160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81IA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81IA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810609071879I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER SETTLED BACK INTO GROUND AFTER TAKEOFF. POSSIBLE DENSITY ALTITUDE PROBLEM.

## 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 FTW81IA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81IA103), Jun 9, 1981: Aerospatial SE3160 (N605RA), Ruidoso, NM, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N605RA (1)

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

- [Accident 19980827022279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980827022279A), Aug 27, 1998: Aerosp SA316B (N605RA), Porterville, CA, Substantial damage. (.19)On August 27, 1998, at 1545 hours pacific daylight time, an aerospatiale SA316B, N605RA, operated by the U.S. Department of the interior, sustained…

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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