# Accident 19760922036519A: Orlhel H19ASKRSKY, San Bernardino, CA, September 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1976
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9389, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9389-1977-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55B (registry code 8141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL H19ASKRSKY
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,934 total, 150 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760922036519A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER MEDIC FLT. HIT PWR LINES IN PASS.

## 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 LAX76AL097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL097), Sep 22, 1976: Sikorsky S-55B (N9389), San Bernardino, CA, destroyed, 4 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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