- Date
- August 11, 1968
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N59224Sikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2742 68/8/11 GRAND ISLE,LA SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1675 TIME - 1620 N59224 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 273 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEPORT HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- CYCLIC STUCK IN FULL AFT POSITION DUE TO IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF AUXILIARY SERVO PILOT VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59224
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeport Heliport
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