- Date
- June 3, 1982, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Coalville, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8237Aerospatiale 315B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820603021059A
- Case key
- 70294
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During a seismic exploration flight the eng quit. No eng malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8237
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale 315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2308
- Airframe hours
- 6,768
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARTOUSTE IIIB, 858 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 133
- Operator
- Rocky Mt. Heli
- Registered owner
- Rocky Mt. Heli
- Departed
- Coalville, UT
- Destination
- Coalville, UT
N8237Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Aerospatiale SA315BAirframe modelAerospatiale SA315BEngine modelTurbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,190 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 182 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.