- Date
- June 16, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valdosta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6489Sikorsky S-55B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880616061399A
- Case key
- 7538
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Fuselage - corrodedCause
Fuselage - cracked
Misc rotorcraft,tail cone - corroded
Misc rotorcraft,tail pylon - separationCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - improperCause
Maintenance,major repair - not performedCause
Hard landing
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6489
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 55270
- Airframe hours
- 10,000
- Engine
- Wright R-1300-3D, 700 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Cecil Grant Register, doing business as Cecil Grant Register
- Registered owner
- Cecil Grant Register
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1988 · 20 hours before
N6489Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Sikorsky S-55BAirframe modelSikorsky S-55BEngine modelWright C7BA 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6489 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.