- Date
- December 17, 1968
- Place
- Covington, LA · COVINGTON, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1029Sikorsky H-19G
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4274 68/12/17 COVINGTON,LA SIKORSKY H-19G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 12300 TIME - 1100 N1029 PX- 0 0 2 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SHEARED DRIVE BETWEEN ACCESSORY SECTION AND CRANKSHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1029
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1029Registration cancelled Oct 23, 2018 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine modelWright C7BA series
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