# Incident 19831020069779I: Aerosp SA315B, Ephraim, UT, October 20, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1983, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ephraim, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 39.3591° N, 111.5860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ephraim, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3591&lon=-111.5860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47274, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47274-1989-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- Reported engine: TMECA ARTOUSTE3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,600 total, 6,604 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831020069779I

## Narrative

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

COMPRESSOR STALL DURING EXTERNAL LOAD. LOAD AND HEILCOPTER SET DOWN HARD. ENGINE SHOWED OVER TEMP. PROBLEM UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N47274 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880710026019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880710026019A), Jul 10, 1988: Aerosp SA315B (N47274), Dubois, WY, Destroyed. Engine failed during sling load at hover. Dropped line and autorotated into trees. Engine fire damage. Undetermined

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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