- Date
- October 4, 1967
- Place
- Pt.Woronzoff, AK · PT.WORONZOFF, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5096VSikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0659 67/10/4 PT.WORONZOFF,ALAS SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4800 TIME - 1115 N5096V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT-PARKED TOO CLOSE TO OBSTRUCTION. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTY 20-30 KTS.M/R BLADE STRUCK GAS PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5096V
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N5096V · 2
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