# Accident 19810529030949A: Skrsky S55, Banning, CA, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 00:10 local time
- Place: Banning, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.9459° N, 116.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banning, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9459&lon=-116.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N874-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55 (registry code 8141602, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TSE3313U
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 7,013 total, 1,089 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529030949A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TOP OF HILL OBSCURED BY NIGHT AND FOG. NOT IFR HELICOPTER RATED. FAILED TO CHECK WEATHER. HAD DRUNK ALCOHOL.

## 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 LAX81FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA093), May 29, 1981: Sikorsky S-55 (N874), Beaumont, CA, destroyed, 6 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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