# Incident 20020207002059I: Skrsky S64E, Applegate, OR, February 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2002, 08:45 local time
- Place: Applegate, OR
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: E8KL
- Location: 42.2571° N, 123.1684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Applegate, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2571&lon=-123.1684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N173AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-64E (registry code 8142604, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-64e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A-4A (registry code 51502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jftd12a-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S64E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020207002059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ENGAGED IN LOGGING OPERATIONS, BY ERICKSON AIR CRANE, INC., E8KL, NEAR APPLEGATE LAKE IN SOUTHWEST OREGON. THE PIC MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WHEN HE SENSED SOMETHING WAS NOT QUITE RIGHT WITH THE AIRCRAFT. A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION BY THE ASSISTANT CREW CHIEF DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER ATTACHMENT PIN FOR A PRIMARY CONTROL SERVO WAS MISSING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A NUT HAD BACKED OFF THE SERVO RETAINING PLATE WHICH ALLOWED THE PIN TO EXIT THE ATTACHMENT POINT.

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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