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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Skrsky S58E · Alpental, WA · October 19, 1973

Date
October 19, 1973
Place
Alpental, WA
Airport
Bandera State
Phase of flight
Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4382S
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA74FYE23
Reported as
Skrsky S58E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,230 total330 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot allowed RPM to decay during upslope survey

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED RPM TO DECAY DURING UPSLOPE SURVEY

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.