# Accident 19860606021919A: Skrsky S76B, Sutton, MA, June 6, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1986, 09:00 local time
- Place: Sutton, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1501° N, 71.7628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1501&lon=-71.7628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5AZ-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76B (registry code 8143007, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6SER TP (registry code 52045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6ser-tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6B36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,372 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86MA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86MA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860606021919A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT HAD AN UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATION EN ROUTE.STRUCK TREES IN HIGH SPEED DESCENT.POSSIBLE EFIS MALFUNCTION

## 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 NYC86MA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86MA148), Jun 6, 1986: Sikorsky S-76B (N5AZ), Sutton, MA, destroyed, 4 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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