# Accident 19800718079949A: Skrsky S58HT, Morgan City, LA, July 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1980, 15:28 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69CH-1980-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58DT (registry code 8141842, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58dt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58HT
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 9,273 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718079949A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO GULF. WITNESSES ONBOARD STATED AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER & PILOT UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL.

## 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 FTW80FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA094), Jul 18, 1980: Sikorsky S-58T (N69CH), Morgan City, LA, destroyed, 5 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.

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