- Date
- May 30, 1979
- Place
- Idaho Sprngs, CO · IDAHO SPRNGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48085Aerospatial SA319B
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790530018589A
- Case key
- 135521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3382 79/5/30 IDAHO SPRNGS,CO AEROSPATIAL SA319B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6533 TIME - 0310 N48085 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- AIR AMBULANCE.PLT FOLLOWING PATROL CAR W LIGHTS ON FOR REFERENCE THRU MTN AREA IN DARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48085
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA319B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.