- Date
- June 30, 1970
- Place
- Davis, WV · DAVIS, WV
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N414ASikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1407 70/6/30 NR.DAVIS,W VA SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N414A PX- 0 0 8 NS CTR PASSG AGE 37, 3554 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 63 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- T/O DOWNWIND,NEAR GROSS WT APRX 7200LBS.DID NOT OBTAIN TRANSLATIONAL LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414A
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N414ARegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Sikorsky S-55BAirframe modelSikorsky S-55BEngine modelWright C7BA series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N414A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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