- Date
- March 19, 1970
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N92867Sikorsky S-62
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0066 70/3/19 MORGAN CITY,LA SIKORSKY S-62 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6367 TIME - 1240 N92867 PX- 0 0 9 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1225 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- ERRATIC ENG POWER DUE TO MOISTURE IN OVERSPEED MONITOR SWITCH.PLT DIDNT USE EMERG MANUAL FUEL CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92867
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage