- Date
- April 17, 1970
- Place
- Waveland, MS · WAVELAND, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17377Sikorsky H-19G
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1864 70/4/17 WAVELAND,MISS SIKORSKY H-19G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4308 TIME - 0900 N17377 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3013 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAY SAINT LOUIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLIDELL,LA BILOXI,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SAID FELT AS IF SOMETHING HIT ACFT DURG FLT.INITIATED PRCTNRY LDG,DISCVRD FIRE APRXLY 5FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17377
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bay Saint Louis
N17377Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine modelWright C7BA series
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