- Date
- December 21, 1967
- Place
- Lebanon, VA · LEBANON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1562Sikorsky H-19G
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0852 67/12/21 LEBANON,VA SIKORSKY H-19G CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3803 TIME - 1330 N1562 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2021 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR STRUCK TAIL CONE.CREWMAN WAS IN CARGO COMPARTMENT.CYCLIC FRICTION LOCK NOT TIGHTENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1562Registration cancelled Sep 4, 1973 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine modelWright C7BA series
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Other investigations on N1562 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.