- Date
- July 17, 1980
- Place
- Afton, WY · AFTON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3602CAerospatle 315B
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800717026269A
- Case key
- 129594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1980 80/7/17 NR.AFTON,WY AEROSPATLE 315B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3896 TIME - 1515 N3602C PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 484 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AFTON,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-LONG LINE CABLE POSITIONED OUTSIDE OF SKID MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PART 133,EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3602C
- Reported as
- Aerospatle 315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- 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.