# Accident 19780104000359A: Skrsky S58E, Harold, KY, January 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1978
- Place: Harold, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 37.5368° N, 82.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harold, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5368&lon=-82.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58E
- Reported engine: WRIGHT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,015 total, 1,065 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DLQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780104000359A

## Narrative

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

EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.ACFT HOVERING AT 110FT AGL 1N NO WIND CONDIT

## 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 IAD78DLQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ06), Jan 4, 1978: Sikorsky S58F (N885), Harold, KY, 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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