# Accident 20060827019199A: Skrsky S55, Paramount, CA, August 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2006, 13:25 local time
- Place: Paramount, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8997° N, 118.1666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paramount, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8997&lon=-118.1666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-55 (registry code 8141602, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S55
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,270 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060827019199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING COMPTON AIRPORT, HE ATTEMPTED TO LEAN THE ENGINE MIXTURE. AS HE MOVED THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE CONTROL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO COUGH AND SPUTTER WITH A SIGNIFICANT PARTIAL LOSS POWER. THE PILOT MADE AN AUTOROTATION TO A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SCHOOLYARD. DURING THE AUTOROTATION THE ENGINE MAINTAINED ONLY PARTIAL POWER. UPON THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE PILOT ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO CLIMB TO 100%. IN AN ATTEMPT TO GROUND MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT, TWO ROTOR BLADES STRUCK A LARGE LAMB OF A TREE. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO TWO BLADES AND THE LOSS OF BLADE BALANCE WEIGHTS OF THE TWO DAMAGED BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FROM COMPTON AIRPORT AND COMPTON CALIFORNIA TO MESA ARIZONA WHERE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PERFORMED. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ HAS NOT COOPERATED BY PERMITTING THE REMOVAL AND INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE CARBURETOR AND FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLIES. AT THIS POINT THE REASON FOR THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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