- Date
- July 20, 1979
- Place
- Alpine, WY · ALPINE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49524Aerospatial S315B
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790720021329A
- Case key
- 133736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3462 79/7/20 NR.ALPINE,WY AEROSPATIAL S315B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4000 TIME - 1440 N49524 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALPINE,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED REMARKS- PLT DPTD RIDGE FORGETTING SLING LOAD STILL ATTACHED,LOAD ANCHORED TO TREES & ACFT PULLED INTO GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49524
- Reported as
- Aerospatial S315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.