19820420010509A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aerosp SA315B · Big Piney, WY · April 20, 1982

Date
April 20, 1982 · 16:10 local
Place
Big Piney, WY
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9007N
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FTC03
Reported as
Aerosp SA315B
Reported engine
TMECA ARTOUSTE3B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,850 total2,725 in this make and model128 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.

Engine compressor failure occurred. Dropped load. Rapid RPM decay caused severe impact with ground.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE COMPRESSOR FAILURE OCCURRED. DROPPED LOAD. RAPID RPM DECAY CAUSED SEVERE IMPACT WITH GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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