- Date
- October 16, 1973
- Place
- Jayuya, PR
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1166USikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731016042559A
- Case key
- 187793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3983 73/10/16 NR.JAYUYA,PR SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N1166U PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 7695 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 208 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAROLINA,PR JAYUYA,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOUD NOISE,PWR LOSS,AUTOROTATION TO SLOPING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1166U
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.