# Accident 19810806048309A: Orlhel H19DSKRSKY, Parker, AZ, August 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1981, 20:15 local time
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.0340° N, 114.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parker, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0340&lon=-114.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95486, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95486) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky H-19D (registry code 8141610, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-h-19d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1300 series (registry code 67060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL H19DSKRSKY
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R13001A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ84) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810806048309A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED AND BURNED DURING A SPRAY RUN TURN AROUND, OPERATOR SUSPECTS HYDRO MECHANICAL CLUTCH FAILURE.

## 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 LAX81FUJ84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ84), Aug 6, 1981: Sikorsky H19-D (N95486), Parker, AZ, substantial damage

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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