- Date
- November 30, 1976
- Place
- Hartford Twp, OH · HARTFORD TWP, OH
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8561Sikorsky S-58B
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761130042299A
- Case key
- 157078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4152 76/11/30 HARTFORD TWP,OH SIKORSKY S-58B CR- 0 3 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 4529 TIME - 1501 N8561 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 231 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOUNGSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAZELTON,PA HARTFORD TWP,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT AT 400FT AGL OVER WOODED TERRAIN AT TIME OF ENG FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8561
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Youngstown
N8561Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Sikorsky S-58BAirframe modelSikorsky S-58BEngine modelWright C9HE series
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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 N8561 · 1
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