# Accident 19760109004719A: Skrsky S55B, California, MD, January 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1976
- Place: California, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.2976° N, 76.4921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of California, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2976&lon=-76.4921&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3498, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3498-1980-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55B (registry code 8141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,140 total, 100 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760109004719A

## Narrative

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

WHEEL EQPD.FORE AND AFT SERVO P/N 514-40-5003 STEEL CYL SLEEVE AGAINST UPPER END CAP.FORTNER OVHLD

## 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 IAD76AI047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI047), Jan 9, 1976: Sikorsky S-55 (N3498), California, MD, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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