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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Skrsky S-55B · Titusville, FL · August 27, 1980

Date
August 27, 1980 · 08:12 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31611
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FLD93
Reported as
Skrsky S55B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total300 in this make and model77 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempted forced landing when transmission clutch disengaged from rotor blade.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING WHEN TRANSMISSION CLUTCH DISENGAGED FROM ROTOR BLADE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.