# Incident 19800609054719I: Skrsky S58ET, Long Beach, CA, June 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4389S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4389S-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58ET (registry code 8141803, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58et) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6T series (registry code 61550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6t-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58ET
- Reported engine: PWA PT6T3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,000 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/19800609054719I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT SIMULATED GOVERNOR FAILURE, THEN SHUT ENGINE DOWN WHEN FLAME CAME FROM EXHAUST.

## Other reports on N4389S (2)

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

- [Incident 19801014084349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801014084349I), Oct 14, 1980: Skrsky S58E (N4389S), Santa Catalina, CA. Attempted single engine ferry after permit had been denied. Lost RPM, landed in ocean. Flotation gear worked ok.
- [Incident 19800929089449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800929089449I), Sep 29, 1980: Skrsky S58ET (N4389S), Catalina Island, CA. No hover landing made when one engine failed. Pieces of turbine blades found in exhaust area.

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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