# Accident 19810830053519A: Aerosp SA316B, Driggs, ID, August 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1981, 14:10 local time
- Place: Driggs, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 43.7298° N, 111.1050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Driggs, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7298&lon=-111.1050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84850, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84850-1988-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA316B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,560 total, 920 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830053519A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED AFTER LOSS OF ANTITORQUE CONTROL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAILED COUPLING IN 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 SEA81DYA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYA27), Aug 30, 1981: Aerospatle SA316B (N84850), Driggs, ID, 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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