Aerospatial S315B N49524
20 July 1979 · Alpine, Wyoming, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 20 July 1979 at about 14:40 local time, a Aerospatial S315B registered N49524 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Alpine, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Alpine, Wyoming, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Aerospatial S315B
- Registration
- N49524
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Contract Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Charter Cargo-Domestic
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3462
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT DPTD RIDGE FORGETTING SLING LOAD STILL ATTACHED, LOAD ANCHORED TO TREES & ACFT PULLED INTO GND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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