# Incident 19800403047439I: Orlhel H19ASKRSKY, Marysville, CA, April 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: Marysville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.1515° N, 121.5834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marysville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1515&lon=-121.5834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9894, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9894) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky H-19D (registry code 8141610, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-h-19d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL H19ASKRSKY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 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/19800403047439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT GOT OUT OF IDLING HELICOPTER. THE CRAFT ROLLED FORWARD AND DOWN A DROP-OFF.

## Other reports on N9894 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910318006639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910318006639A), Mar 18, 1991: Orlhel H19DSKRSKY (N9894), Orland, CA, Substantial damage. Impacted trees on forced landing during a spray run. Intake valve keeper failed allowed intake valve remain open.
- [Accident 19790307004229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307004229A), Mar 7, 1979: Skrsky S55 (N9894), Vina, CA, Destroyed. Main rotor drive train failed just after lift off. Helicopter made hard landing. Bounced and rolled over.

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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