# Accident 19780902023729A: Orlhel H19ASKRSKY, Pontiac, MI, September 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1978
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90885, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90885-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky CH-19D (registry code 8141615, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-ch-19d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL H19ASKRSKY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,614 total, 625 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEC50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902023729A

## Narrative

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

INPUT SHAFT,P/N S12-35-6072,NO TEETH REMAINED.STRUCK ROOF TOP MON DURING EMERGCY LNDG.

## 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 CHI78FEC50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC50), Sep 2, 1978: Sikorsky S55B (N90885), Pontiac, MI, destroyed

## Other reports on N90885 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850401010029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850401010029A), Apr 1, 1985: Orlhel CH19SKRSKY (N90885), Port Elizabeth, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed hard and fell on side after a malfunction in the rotor clutch. External load operation in progress.

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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