- Date
- April 7, 1970
- Place
- Supai, AZ · SUPAI, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17378Sikorsky H-19A
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0661 70/4/7 NR.SUPAI,ARIZ SIKORSKY H-19A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N17378 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 46, 8119 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUPAI,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17378
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N17378Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine modelWright C7BA series
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