- Date
- June 11, 1966
- Place
- Coconut Grove, FL · COCONUT GROVE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9426HSikorsky S-52-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0392 66/6/11 COCONUT GROVE FLA SIKORSKY S-52-3 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2458 TIME - 1215 N9426H PX- 0 1 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: OTHER PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT KNEW FUEL WARNING LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE-FUEL GAUGE OK.PRIVATE LAWN AND TREES WERE DAMAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9426H
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-52-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9426HRegistration cancelled Sep 19, 2013 · Sikorsky S-52-3Airframe modelSikorsky S-52-3Engine modelFranklin 6V6 series
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Other investigations on N9426H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.