# Accident 19811121074759A: Aerosp SA315B, Cedar City, UT, November 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1981, 06:45 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47273, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47273-2002-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB (registry code 60003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-artousteiiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- Reported engine: TMECA ARTOUSTE3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,690 total, 370 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811121074759A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER ON TEST RUNUP AFTER MAINTENANCE. LIFTED OFF. STRUCK A TRUCK. CONTROL PUSH PULL BACKWARDS

## 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 DEN82FTM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM05), Nov 21, 1981: Aerospatle 315B (N47273), Cedar 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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