Aerospatiale SE 3180 N544

Summary

On 28 October 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Aerospatiale SE 3180 registered N544 was involved in an accident near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 October 1983 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Aerospatiale SE 3180

Registration

N544

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grantsville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84FA017

Nobody was injured.

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

THE HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING A LANDING ON THE CREST OF A MOUNTAIN. THE FRENCH HELICOPTER UNLIKE AMERICAN HELICOPTERS HAS A MAIN ROTOR THAT ROTATES CLOCKWISE. TO COMPENSATE FOR INCREASED TORQUE THE PLT MUST USE RIGHT PEDAL INSTEAD OF LEFTPEDAL. THE PLT IN THIS ACCIDENT HAD MANY HOURS IN AMERICAN HELICOPTERS AND LESS THAN 100 HOURS IN THE FRENCH TYPE. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT AGREED ON THE RAPID COUNTER-CLOCKWISE SPINNING OF THE ACFT PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.