# Accident 19860909046989A: Skrsky S76, White Plains, NY, September 9, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1986, 16:20 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76
- Reported engine: PWA PT6B36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909046989A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER MADE A SAFE LANDING AFTER TAIL ROTOR FAILURE. BLADES HAD MANUFACTURING FLAWS IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURE.

## 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 NYC86FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA232), Sep 9, 1986: Sikorsky SK-76 (N93AE), White Plains, NY, 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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