# Accident 19731019036399A: Skrsky S58E, Alpental, WA, October 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1973
- Place: Alpental, WA
- Airport: Bandera State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 47.3954° N, 121.5365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANDERA STATE (4W0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3954&lon=-121.5365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4382S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4382S-1978-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58J (registry code 8141814, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,230 total, 330 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731019036399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT ALLOWED RPM TO DECAY DURING UPSLOPE SURVEY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA74FYE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE23), Oct 19, 1973: Sikorsky S-58E (N4382S), Alpental, WA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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