# Accident 19810421020119A: Skrsky S55B, Stillwater, NJ, April 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Stillwater, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 41.0359° N, 74.8782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stillwater, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0359&lon=-74.8782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17754-1993-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky CH-19E (registry code 8141616, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-ch-19e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,380 total, 14 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DHA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810421020119A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER WHILE LIFTING SLING LOAD IN HOVER. ROTORS STRUCK WATER. HELICOPTER SANK INVERTED.

## 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 NYC81DHA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA09), Apr 21, 1981: Sikorsky S-55B (N17754), Stillwater, NJ, destroyed

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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