# Accident 20050504010229A: Skrsky S70A, Calabasas, CA, May 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Calabasas, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JLBM
- Location: 34.1500° N, 118.6500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1500&lon=-118.6500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N160LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-70A (registry code 8140711, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-70a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S70A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05TA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05TA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050504010229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A SIKORSKY S-70A, N160LA, ENCOUNTERED A VIBRATION AFTER THE APU DOOR STRUCK A MAIN ROTOR BLADE INFLIGHT NEAR CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA. THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED THE COUNTY'S FACILITY IN PACOIMA DESTINED FOR A PRIVATE HELICOPTER PAD IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA.

## 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 LAX05TA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05TA156), May 4, 2005: Sikorsky S-70A (N160LA), Calabasas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: fatigue of the forward keeper due to known flaws in the manufacturing process.

## Other reports on N160LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20040830027049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040830027049I), Aug 30, 2004: Skrsky S70A (N160LA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On August 30, 2004, approximately 1240 pacific daylight time, a Sikorsky S-70A twin-engine helicopter, N160LA, experienced an uncontained number 2 engine…

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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