- Date
- February 28, 1971
- Place
- Hollywood, CA · HOLLYWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N744ASikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0948 71/2/28 HOLLYWOOD,CALIF SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N744A PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 55, 9673 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 315 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FLA CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N744A
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage