# Accident 19900405007669A: Aerosp SA315B, Trading Bay, AK, April 5, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1990, 17:55 local time
- Place: Trading Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N37903, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37903-2007-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB (registry code 60003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-artousteiiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,779 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 264 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900405007669A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. GOT VERTIGO.ELECTED TO LAND IN SNOW. IMPACTED AND MAIN ROTORS CHOPPED TAIL BOOM.

## 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 ANC90LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA045), Apr 6, 1990: Aerospatiale SA-315B (N37903), Trading Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF…

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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