# NTSB MIA71DLD24: Sikorsky S-55, N15183, Dundee, FL, October 12, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1970
- Place: Dundee, FL · DUNDEE, FL
- Location: 28.0153° N, 81.5980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dundee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0153&lon=-81.5980&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158837
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71DLD24
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71DLD24

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4556  70/10/12 NR.DUNDEE,FLA         SIKORSKY S-55       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3441
        TIME - 0907                    N15183              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 2277 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         DUNDEE,FLA                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS                            TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY                             TERRAIN-TYPE -DENSE WITH TREES
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  120                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
        REMARKS- TURNED EAST,BLINDED BY SUN,HIT WIRES,R FNT GR TANGLED.UN BREAK WIRE,HOVERED OVR TREES TILL FEXHA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15183](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15183-2014-09-05), registration cancelled 2014-09-05, S/N 114311, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-55
- Registry model: [Sikorsky CH-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-ch-19) (registry code 8141614) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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