# Accident 19800302005029A: Skrsky S58/, Chicago, IL, March 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1980, 07:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: ,Eogs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4388S-2007-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58JT (registry code 8141807, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58jt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820-66 (registry code 67021, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,811 total, 6,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800302005029A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CONDUCTING EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION HAD ENGINE FALURE DURING HOVER & CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND.

## 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 CHI80FEE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE17), Mar 2, 1980: Sikorsky S-58 (N4388S), Chicago, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N4388S (1)

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

- [Accident 19730827028159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730827028159A), Aug 27, 1973: Skrsky S58JT (N4388S), NC, 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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