# Incident 19791022054769I: Skrsky S58D, Kansas City, KS, October 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1979, 12:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1142° N, 94.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1142&lon=-94.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6488, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6488-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58D (registry code 8141808, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9HE series (registry code 67029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9he-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791022054769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDING IN SMALL AREA, GUST OF WIND MOVED THE HELICOPTER TAIL ROTOR INTO A ROAD GRADER.

## Other reports on N6488 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830806039309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039309A), Aug 6, 1983: Skrsky S58D (N6488), Gatlinburg, TN, Substantial damage. Helicopter lost power during transition from hover to forward flight and crashed into trees.

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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