# Accident 19820603021059A: Aerosp SA315B, Coalville, UT, June 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1982, 12:15 local time
- Place: Coalville, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 40.9074° N, 111.4212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalville, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9074&lon=-111.4212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8237, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8237-2013-09-17) (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: 5,190 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820603021059A

## Narrative

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

RPM DECAYED WHILE MANEUVERING A SLING LOAD.CRASHED ON A HILLSIDE.NO ENGINE PROBLEM.GOVERNOR,FUEL CONTROL SUSPECTED.

## 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 DEN82FTM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM13), Jun 3, 1982: Aerospatiale 315B (N8237), Coalville, 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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