- Date
- March 19, 1970
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1517Sikorsky H-19B
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0632 70/3/19 TUCSON,ARIZ SIKORSKY H-19B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 9207 TIME - 0830 N1517 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 725 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AUTOROTATION ONTO CITY STREET. SWITCHED TANKS AFTER ENG QUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1517
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davis-Monthan Afb
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