# Accident 19740804027309A: Skrsky S58JT, Umiat, AK, August 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1974
- Place: Umiat, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 69.3669° N, 152.1442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Umiat, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=69.3669&lon=-152.1442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47246, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47246-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58JT (registry code 8141807, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58jt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58JT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 256 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740804027309A

## Narrative

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

RAPID APPLICATION OF COLLECTIVE,EXPERIENCED COLLECTIVE BOUNCE.INSUFFICIENT COLLECTIVE FRICTION.

## 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 ANC75AA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA009), Aug 4, 1974: Sikorski S58ST (N47246), Umiat, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N47246 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820406008069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820406008069A), Apr 6, 1982: Skrsky S58J (N47246), Siletz, OR, Substantial damage. Engine drive short shaft failed on sling load operation. Crash landed. Evidence of prior repairs at failure point.

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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