# Accident 19800702022789A: Skrsky S55B, Rushville, OH, July 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rushville, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.7644° N, 82.4303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rushville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7644&lon=-82.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16861, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16861-2011-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55B (registry code 8141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C7BA series (registry code 67017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c7ba-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,159 total, 980 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEK18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEK18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702022789A

## Narrative

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

CRASH CAUSED BY FORCED LANDING. WATER WAS FOUND IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 CHI80FEK18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEK18), Jul 2, 1980: Sikorsky S-55B (N16861), Rushville, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N16861 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820504013849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820504013849A), May 4, 1982: Skrsky S55B (N16861), Otsego, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit while hovering to unhook fertilizer bucket. Landed on bucket and rolled over. Moisture in magneto switch.

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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