- Date
- October 19, 1974
- Place
- Kernville, CA · KERNVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6960RSikorsky S-64E
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741019036439A
- Case key
- 146450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4289 74/10/19 NR.KERNVILLE,CALIF SIKORSKY S-64E CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2227 TIME - 0900 N6960R PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERNVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 12100LB LOAD OF LOGS SNAGGED ON DEAD TREE.LOST CTL.EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6960R
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-64E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.