- Date
- October 11, 1971
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9469Sikorsky S-58T
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3256 71/10/11 ANCHORAGE,ALAS SIKORSKY S-58T CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 19047 TIME - 0925 N9469 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PT.WORONZOF,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: PICK-UP EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SLING LOAD INDUCED FWD PITCHING MOMENT INTO ACFT.PLT DRAGGED LOAD W PWR INSTEAD OF RDCNG COLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9469
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58T
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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