- Date
- January 4, 1978
- Place
- Harold, KY · HAROLD, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N885Sikorsky S58F
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780104000359A
- Case key
- 143280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0441 78/1/4 HAROLD,KY SIKORSKY S58F CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 5250 TIME - 1550 N885 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 1065 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAROLD,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.ACFT HOVERING AT 110FT AGL 1N NO WIND CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N885
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S58F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.