# Accident 19920904035379A: Skrsky S58G, Port Alsworth, AK, September 4, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1992, 20:20 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: WNZL
- Location: 60.2004° N, 154.2802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2004&lon=-154.2802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N822G-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-58J (registry code 8141814, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC92LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920904035379A

## Narrative

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

FIRE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. AUTOROTATED. HELICOPTER BURNED. APPEARANCE OF A FUEL FIRE.

## 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 ANC92LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA157), Sep 5, 1992: Sikorsky S-58G (N822G), Port Alsworth, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: INFLIGHT ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE AND POST LANDING FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

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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