# Accident 19870423010879A: Skrsky S55B, Fields, LA, April 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fields, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RRCG
- Location: 30.5263° N, 93.5749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fields, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5263&lon=-93.5749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414A-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55B (registry code 8141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C7BA series (registry code 67017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c7ba-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55B
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R13001A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW87LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870423010879A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING IN TREES AFTER ENGINE SURGED AND QUIT DURING AERIAL APPLICATION.ENGINE HAD A PRIOR CARBURETOR FAULT.

## 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 FTW87LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA101), Apr 23, 1987: Sikorsky S-55B (N414A), De Quincy, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N414A (1)

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

- [Accident 19731009034299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731009034299A), Oct 9, 1973: Skrsky S55B (N414A), Nemacolin, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Cp mistook surveyed ldg site due dusk & haze. Plt had to avoid pwr lines,lost ctl. Hit steel bollard

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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