- Date
- February 28, 1969
- Place
- Alderson, WV · ALDERSON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1562Sikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1285 69/2/28 ALDERSON,W VA SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2117 TIME - 1140 N1562 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 142 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2000 REMARKS- RAPID DESCENT FROM HOVER LDG ON SPRAY RIG.HYDRAULIC BOOST TURNED OFF INSTEAD OF FERTILIZER SWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1562Registration cancelled Sep 4, 1973 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine modelWright C7BA 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 N1562 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.