- Date
- September 4, 1992, 20:20 local (Sep 5, 1992, 04:20 UTC)
- Place
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N822GSikorsky S-58G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920904035379A
- Case key
- 5799
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Probable cause
Inflight engine compartment fire and post landing fire of undetermined origin.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The S58 pilot was enroute to a part 133 pickup location reported an indication of fire warning light in the engine compartment followed by visual flame below the right side of the aircraft. An immediate autorotation was successful. The pilot evacuated without injury. The fire appeared to be avgas origin and consumed the entire aircraft within 2 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N822G
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 58-1732
- Engine
- Wright 1820-84, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 133
- Operator
- Wayne C. Alsworth, Sr., doing business as Rotor Air Salvage And Repair
- Registered owner
- Wayne C. Alsworth, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SXQ · Soldotna, AK
- Destination
- Z30 · Port Alsworth, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.