- Date
- May 20, 1968
- Place
- Duty, VA · DUTY, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N887Sikorsky S-58A
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2086 68/5/20 DUTY,VA SIKORSKY S-58A CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, TIME - 1247 N887 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 1000 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION.ROLL-OVER DUE TO LDG ON 30 DEG SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N887
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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