# Accident 20050706014939A: Skrsky S64F, Roma, July 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2005, 16:32 local time
- Place: Roma
- Airport: Fiumicino Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: E8KL
- Aircraft: N236AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N236AC-2016-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Erickson S-64F (registry code 7400001, https://openairdocs.org/model/erickson-s-64f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A series (registry code 52047, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jftd12a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S64F
- Reported engine: PWA JFTD12A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05RA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05RA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050706014939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 6, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CENTRAL EUROPEAN SUMMER TIME, AN ERICKSON AIR-CRANE, IN., S-64F HELICOPTER, N236AC, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN AND POSTIMPACT FIRE AT FIUMICINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ROME, ITALY. A MAINTENANCE CREW CHIEF WAS FATALLY INJURED; HOWEVER THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND A SECOND MAINTENANCE CREW CHIEF RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, WHILE AN ITALIAN NATIONAL COPILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT; THEIR DESTINATION WAS CIAMPINO AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 10 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY.

## 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 SEA05RA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05RA139), Jul 6, 2005: Erickson Air-Crane S-64F (N236AC), Rome, Italy, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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