19831028055999A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias SE3130 · Salt Lake City, UT · October 28, 1983

Date
October 28, 1983 · 10:15 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N544
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN84FA017
Reported as
Snias SE3130
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,900 total75 in this make and model153 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.

Helicopter entered an uncontrolled spin during approach to landing. Pilot was accustomed to U.S. Helicopter inputs.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED SPIN DURING APPROACH TO LANDING. PILOT WAS ACCUSTOMED TO U.S. HELICOPTER INPUTS.

NTSB investigation

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