- Date
- October 1, 1978
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47783Sikorsky S58ET
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781001043809A
- Case key
- 143959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3296 78/10/1 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO SIKORSKY S58ET CR- 1 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4188 TIME - 1055 N47783 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 860 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MINERAL EXPLORATION.HORIZONTAL HINGE PIN FAILED.BLADE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47783
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S58ET
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.