# Accident 19830803038669A: Orlhel UH19DSKRSKY, Halifax, MA, August 3, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1983, 19:32 local time
- Place: Halifax, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.9912° N, 70.8620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Halifax, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9912&lon=-70.8620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37799, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37799-2005-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky UH-19D (registry code 814161G, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-uh-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 UH19DSKRSKY
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R13003
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,377 total, 1,117 in this make and model, 321 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FNA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830803038669A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING AUTOROTATION LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT DUE TO EXHAUST VALVE BREAKING.

## 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 NYC83FNA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNA04), Aug 3, 1983: Sikorsky H-19D (N37799), Halifax, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N37799 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030704013239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704013239A), Jul 4, 2003: Orlhel UH19DSKRSKY (N37799), La Grande, OR, Destroyed. (-23) On July 4, 2003, at approximately 0850 PDT, N37799, a Sikorsky H-19, was applying fungicide to a potato field and had just completed a run and was…

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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