# Accident 19920825035679A: Orlhel UH19DSKRSKY, St Augustine, FL, August 25, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1992, 08:30 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37800, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37800-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky UH-19D (registry code 814161G, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-uh-19d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1300 series (registry code 67060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLHEL UH19DSKRSKY
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R13003
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920825035679A

## Narrative

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

AT HOVER READY TO LIFT LOGS. ENGINE BACKFIRED LOST POWER. DROPPED LONG LINE. AUTOROTATED. CHOPPED TAILBOOM LANDING.

## 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 ATL92LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA166), Aug 25, 1992: Sikorsky UH-19D (N37800), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE'S EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER ARM.

## Other reports on N37800 (1)

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

- [Accident 19861206071589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861206071589A), Dec 6, 1986: Orlhel UH19DSKRSKY (N37800), Windsor, NC, Substantial damage. The helicopter engine lost power and the aircraft made a hard landing in an open field. Engine problem undetermined

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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