- Date
- August 2, 1980
- Place
- Dell, MT · DELL, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7915Aerospatle 315B
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800802034389A
- Case key
- 129333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3636 80/8/2 DELL,MT AEROSPATLE 315B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2709 TIME - 1400 N7915 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELL,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEVERE HEAT DAMAGE.EXT LOAD OF DIESEL FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7915
- Reported as
- Aerospatle 315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Landing Zone
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7915 · 1
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