# Accident 19810530035969A: Skrsky S58E, Tehachapi, CA, May 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1981, 15:15 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Airport: Tehachapi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1350° N, 118.4393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEHACHAPI MUNI (TSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1350&lon=-118.4393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8294, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8294-1988-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S58E (registry code 8141811, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s58e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530035969A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE STRUCK SIGNPOST AS PILOT PARKED FOR REFUELING AFTER FLIGHT. WIND WAS FACTOR.

## 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 LAX81DUQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ23), May 30, 1981: Sikorsky S-58 (N8294), Tehachapi, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8294 (3)

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

- [Incident 19840823048579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823048579I), Aug 23, 1984: Skrsky S58J (N8294), San Jose, CA. Rough engine returning from job sight. After forced landing found a stuck exhaust valve had made a hole in piston.
- [Incident 19800905069129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800905069129I), Sep 5, 1980: Skrsky S58E (N8294), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Right side sliding bubble window separated from aircraft, damaging an auto and injuring an auto passenger.
- [Accident 19771128035659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771128035659A), Nov 28, 1977: Skrsky S58E (N8294), Washington, NC, Substantial damage. Elbow fitting connecting main fuel hose to carburetor failed,aluminum part should have been steel.

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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