- Date
- February 21, 1980
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N442YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800221003599A
- Case key
- 131514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1617 80/2/21 NR.LEEVILLE,LA SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 9994 TIME - 0850 N442Y PX- 6 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1841 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUMPING PLATFORM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEEVILLE,LA GRAND ISLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION STATIC: IDLING ROTORS COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT INCRD COLLECTIVE TO CTL OVRSPD,BCM AIRBORNE,LOST PWR,HIT EDGE HELI.ENG EQUIP W OVRSPD CUT-OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N442Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pumping Platform
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.