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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S62A · Venice, LA · November 10, 1981

Date
November 10, 1981 · 18:15 local
Place
Venice, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92863
Reported as
Skrsky S62A
Reported engine
GE CT581101
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,740 total623 in this make and model152 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.

Loud wretching noise, engine quit. Landed in swamp fire light on. Fire in main rotor gear box. Gear S6235211421.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD WRETCHING NOISE, ENGINE QUIT. LANDED IN SWAMP FIRE LIGHT ON. FIRE IN MAIN ROTOR GEAR BOX. GEAR S6235211421.