# Accident 19790730019359A: Skrsky S55C, Chillicothe, OH, July 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1979, 09:50 local time
- Place: Chillicothe, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.3405° N, 82.9961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chillicothe, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3405&lon=-82.9961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N509Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N509Y-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55C (registry code 8141606, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,204 total, 277 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730019359A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER HIT WIRE WHILE SPRAYING A FIELD.

## 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 CHI79FEG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEG21), Jul 30, 1979: Sikorsky S-55C (N509Y), Chillicothe, OH, destroyed

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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