N3978Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Aerospatiale SA315B built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 13, 2002. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Aerospatiale SA315B cancelled September 13, 2002
- Serial number
- 2520
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 1983
- Last FAA action
- April 25, 2001
- Last owner
- Roberts Aircraft Company (Corporation)
Granite Canyon, WY - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N3978Y
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerospatiale SA315B · serial 2520
the pilot's abrupt collective input during water application to a forest fire. Contributing factors were encountering a vortex ring state, the inadvertent settling with power, the low altitude, and the mountainous terrain.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site