- Date
- June 12, 1967
- Place
- Laplace, LA · LAPLACE, LA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4957SSikorsky HRS-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0540 67/6/12 LAPLACE,LA SIKORSKY HRS-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 556 TIME - 0830 N4957S PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDED ON PHONE CO.RT OF WAY FULL OF STUMPS AND WATER HOLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4957S
- Reported as
- Sikorsky HRS-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4957SRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2017 · Sikorsky HRS-1Airframe modelSikorsky HRS-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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