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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aerosp SA315B · Oakridge, OR · July 13, 1988

Date
July 13, 1988 · 12:30 local
Place
Oakridge, OR
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
YELA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3128G
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88LA129
Reported as
Aerosp SA315B
Reported engine
TMECA ARTOUSTE3B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,915 total4,009 in this make and model124 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.

Log on sling line caught on a tree,released log but sling line caught in a tree. Pulled helicopter down into trees.

As the FAA filed it

LOG ON SLING LINE CAUGHT ON A TREE,RELEASED LOG BUT SLING LINE CAUGHT IN A TREE.PULLED HELICOPTER DOWN INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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