- Date
- January 31, 1977
- Place
- Thistle, UT · THISTLE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67103Aerospatle SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770131001489A
- Case key
- 157118
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0324 77/1/31 NR.THISTLE,UT AEROSPATLE SA315B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2563 TIME - 1330 N67103 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REMOTE LANDING SITE REMOTE FUELING SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: OTHER ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- 40FT UNWEIGHTED CABLE & CHOKER BECAME TANGLED IN T/R.EXTERNAL SLING OPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67103
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N67103 · 1
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