# NTSB CHI92TL#02: Sikorsky S-58ET, N58ET, North Platte, NE, August 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1992, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Location: 41.1256° N, 100.7498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Platte, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1256&lon=-100.7498&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Completed
- Investigation class: Class 3
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92TL#02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15566/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92TL%2302

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N58ET](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58ET-2018-01-25), registration cancelled 2018-01-25, S/N 58-1090, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-58ET
- Registry model: [Sikorsky S-58JT](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58jt) (registry code 8141838) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-6) (registry code 52106, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Public aircraft, Part 91
- Operator: Crescent Airways, Inc.
- Departed: LBF
- Destination: 9GA6, DULUTH, GA

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBF

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