- Date
- July 5, 1988, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62243Sikorsky S-58J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880705027099A
- Case key
- 17493
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N62243 was being used to lift air conditioning units to the top of a shopping mall. The plt stated that he was on the 16th lift of the day and had just taken off when he heard two loud pops and the engine lost power. After jettisoning the load he executed an autorotative landing. According to the pilot the aircraft made a very hard landing. The investigation revealed the accessory drive and starter shaft had sheared on the forward end, in the splined area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62243
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 58-756
- Airframe hours
- 3,708
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-84C, 1,475 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Turner Copter Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1988 · 12 hours before
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 12,208 total · 2,250 in this make and model · 10,307 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N62243 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.