- Date
- May 30, 1981
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8294Sikorsky S-58
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810530035969A
- Case key
- 126099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1125 81/5/30 TEHACHAPI,CA SIKORSKY S-58 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N8294 PX- 0 0 1 CONSTRUCTION AGE 34, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI-KERN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEMET,CA FREMONT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR STRUCK SIGNPOST IN FUELING AREA ON AIRPORT.WND GSTG 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8294
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi-Kern Co
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Other investigations on N8294 · 1
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