NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN80FA038
Registry · N10067
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AEROSPATIALE SA315B
Year of manufacture
1972 · 8 years old at event
TCDS
H1IN · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Engine
TURBOMECA ARTOUSTEIIIB (858 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790513
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A007FE
Registrant of record
SAFER MEDICAL OF MT
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
ALOUETTE SA315B · N10067
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D4
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 20 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002276
Total time
4,270 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,580
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INJESTION.
Investigator remarks
HOVERING OUT OF GRD EFFECT.EVIDENCE OF SAND,DIRT
Cause factors
- 74/C/KD C POWERPLANT COMPRESSOR STALLS Cause
- 74/C/PH C POWERPLANT BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL Cause
- 88/C/AR C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
- 88/C/CT C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/L/51 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE
- 88/K/24 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 3765.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3765.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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