- Date
- February 21, 1968
- Place
- Deckers, CO · DECKERS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N868Sikorsky S-58C
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0564 68/2/21 DECKERS,COLO SIKORSKY S-58C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2550 TIME - 1200 N868 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N868
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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