- Date
- May 29, 1981
- Place
- Beaumont, CA · BEAUMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N874Sikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810529030949A
- Case key
- 125305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2413 81/5/29 NR.BEAUMONT, CA SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2359 N874 PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 44, 7013 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1089 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN GORGONIO, CA SAN BERNADINO, CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- 4 SEP STUDIES DETERMINED BLD ALC LVL APPX .08% BUT COULD NOT AGREE ON LVL OF ALC PRIOR TO ACCIDENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N874
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N874Registration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Sikorsky S-55Airframe modelSikorsky S-55Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N874 · 1
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