# Incident 20080508838469I: Skrsky S76B, Sleep Hollow, NY, May 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2008, 16:38 local time
- Place: Sleep Hollow, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0976° N, 73.8696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sleepy Hollow, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0976&lon=-73.8696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500WK-2020-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76B (registry code 8143007, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A (registry code 52176, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6b-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508838469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 08, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1638 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N500WK, A SIKORSKY SK-76B, S/N 760349, WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.  THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACT TREE BRANCHES CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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