- Date
- April 18, 1979
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 13 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N618PASikorsky S61-L
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 79/4/18 NEWARK,NJ SIKORSKY S61-L CR- 0 3 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1823 N618PA PX- 3 10 2 49, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- T/R BLADE SEPD,THEN T/R GEARBOX,ROTOR ASSY SEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N618PA
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S61-L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
N618PARegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Sikorsky S-61LAirframe modelSikorsky S-61LEngine modelGE T58 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.
Other investigations on N618PA · 1
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