# Accident 19860805075769A: Aerosp SA315B, Delta, CO, August 5, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1986, 12:10 local time
- Place: Delta, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CKEA
- Location: 38.7574° N, 108.0880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delta, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7574&lon=-108.0880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90530, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90530-1989-03-06) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 7,480 total, 3,350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805075769A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER STRUCK A POWERLINE OBSCURED BY THE SUN. THE REASON FOR THE PILOT CHOOSING THIS ROUTE IS UNDETERMINED

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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