# Accident 19900521016969A: Skrsky S58D, Juneau, AK, May 21, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1990, 16:05 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: YASL
- Location: 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Juneau, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3019&lon=-134.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94495, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94495-1995-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58H (registry code 8141839, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58D
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R1820*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,242 total, 184 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900521016969A

## Narrative

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

LOST TAIL ROTOR AUTHORITY WHILE HOVERING WITH LOAD OF LOGS. SPUN TO HARD GROUND IMPACT. NR3 TAIL ROTOR SHAFT BROKE.

## 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 SEA90LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA083), May 21, 1990: Sikorsky S-58D (N94495), Juneau, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 3 SEGMENT OF THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY.

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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