# Incident 20010729021619I: Aerosp SA315B, Big Timber, MT, July 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2001, 19:30 local time
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Airport: Big Timber Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JOLA
- Location: 45.8067° N, 109.9792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Big Timber Airport (6S0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8067&lon=-109.9792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5803X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5803X-2008-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010729021619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED IT IS HIS BELIEF BASKET ATTACHED TO SKID WAS NOT FULLY EMPTIED BY GROUND CREW PRIOR TO HIS BEING GIVEN SIGNAL TO LIFT OFF OF FIRE BAST ENROUTE TO AIRPORT. A LOOSE ITEM DISLODGED AND DAMAGED STABILIZER.

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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