# Accident 19850103000559A: Aerosp SA315B, Salt Lake City, UT, January 3, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1985, 13:45 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1356A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1356A-1988-10-26) (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: 5,480 total, 153 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850103000559A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT SNOWCAT STUCK IN MUD. EXCEEDED HELICOPTER LATERAL CG, IMPACTED SHALLOW WATER ON RIGHT SIDE.

## 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 DEN85LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA057), Jan 3, 1985: Aerospatiale SA315B (N1356A), Salt Lake City, UT, destroyed

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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