- Date
- August 20, 1966
- Place
- Galena, AK · GALENA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N747ASikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122465
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0727 66/8/20 NR.GALENA ALAS SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3990 TIME - 0945 N747A PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 2749 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REFUELED WITH CASE GASOLINE USING WORN FELT STRAINER THAT HAD SEVERAL HOLES IN IT.LANDED IN SWAMP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N747A
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N747ARegistration cancelled Jan 16, 2004 · Sikorsky S-55Airframe modelSikorsky S-55Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N747A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.