- Date
- October 8, 1979
- Place
- Swan Valley, ID · SWAN VALLEY, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N219RMAerospatial SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791008030579A
- Case key
- 133471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2676 79/10/8 NR.SWAN VALLEY,ID AEROSPATIAL SA315B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3534 TIME - 1138 N219RM PX- 1 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 597 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWAN VALLEY,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SNAGGED SLING IN TREES.OBLITERATIVE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS,LEFT CORONARY ARTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N219RM
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N219RMRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Aerospatiale SA315BAirframe modelAerospatiale SA315BEngine modelTurbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.