- Date
- July 18, 1980
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69CHSikorsky S-58T
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800718079949A
- Case key
- 134038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2945 80/7/18 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA SIKORSKY S-58T CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 9273 TIME - 1528 N69CH PX- 4 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2400 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE ISL.BLK.305B VERMILLION BLK.214A TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PAX HEARD LOUD SNAP ABV FLWD BY EXTREME VIB.PTNS OF MAIN ROTOR BLADES NOT FND.CO FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69CH
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58T
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.