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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Sikorsky SH-3H · Long Beach, CA · July 22, 2010

Date
July 22, 2010 · 12:39 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N950SB
Reported as
Sikorsky SH-3H
Reported engine
GE T58 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Los angeles county sheriff department Sikorsky, N950SB, model SH-3H was on a maintenance check flight in the Long Beach harbor area. During the maintenance check, the crew reported they heard a loud noise followed by the no. #2 engine shut down. Seconds later, the maintenance crew noticed oil was flowing into the cabin. The flight crew made a precautionary landing with one engine operating at the Long Beach polytechnic high school's baseball field with no further damage to the helicopter and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SIKORSKY, N950SB, MODEL SH-3H WAS ON A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT IN THE LONG BEACH HARBOR AREA. DURING THE MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE CREW REPORTED THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE NO. #2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. SECONDS LATER, THE MAINTENANCE CREW NOTICED OIL WAS FLOWING INTO THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT CREW MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE OPERATING AT THE LONG BEACH POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL'S BASEBALL FIELD WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER AND NO INJURIES.