- Date
- March 30, 1969
- Place
- Alderson, WV · ALDERSON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1562Sikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0896 69/3/30 ALDERSON,W VA SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2123 TIME - 1610 N1562 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCLES WHEN POWER APPLIED DUE TO CROSSED T/R CONTROL CABLES.
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.