- Date
- October 5, 1980
- Place
- Panguitch, UT · PANGUITCH, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47312Aerosatle SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801005057509A
- Case key
- 127481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3698 80/10/5 NR.PANGUITCH,UT AEROSATLE SA315B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4000 TIME - 1120 N47312 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANGUITCH,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SEISMOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION.CRASHED 8500FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47312
- Reported as
- Aerosatle SA315B
- 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.