- Date
- January 3, 1985, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1356AAerospatiale SA315B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850103000559A
- Case key
- 16621
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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.
Analysis
The helicopter collided uncontrolled with the terrain during external load operation. A 100 ft steel cable was attached to the cargo hook on the helicopter and a nylon sling was attached to the cable so a snowcat could be pulled out of a mud area. The plt stated that as he began to pull from the rear of the snowcat, the lateral CG was exceeded and the helicopter impacted shallow water on it's right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1356A
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2172/18
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARTOUSTE IIIB, 562 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 133
- Operator
- Continental Helicopter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984 · 20 hours before
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,480 total · 153 in this make and model · 187 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.