# Accident 19791023043769A: Orlhel CH19ESKRSKY, Davenport, FL, October 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Davenport, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 28.1711° N, 81.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davenport, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1711&lon=-81.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95761, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95761-2013-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky CH-19E (registry code 8141616, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-ch-19e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL CH19ESKRSKY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791023043769A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR AND TRANSMISSION SEPERATED FROM HELICOPTER DURING LANDING APPROACH. CRASH FATAL TO PILOT.

## 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 MIA80FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA006), Oct 23, 1979: Sikorsky S-55 (N95761), Davenport, FL, destroyed, 1 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.