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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S64E · Jersey City, NJ · June 24, 1990

Date
June 24, 1990 · 08:45 local
Place
Jersey City, NJ
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N164AC
Reported as
Skrsky S64E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total5,000 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft lost left door during external load operations. Suspect airframe vibration loosened door.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST LEFT DOOR DURING EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS. SUSPECT AIRFRAME VIBRATION LOOSENED DOOR.