- Date
- July 4, 1968
- Place
- Gulfport, MS · GULFPORT, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N13183Sikorsky S-51
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 68/7/4 GULFPORT,MISS SIKORSKY S-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1122 N13183 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 50, 14100 TOTAL HOURS, 4 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULFPORT MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND 10K GUSTY.ACFT DRAGGED WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13183
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-51
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulfport Muni
N13183Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Sikorsky H-5GAirframe modelSikorsky H-5GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.