- Date
- February 4, 1976
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N54063Sikorsky S-52
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760204004069A
- Case key
- 152777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0431 76/2/4 MIAMI,FL SIKORSKY S-52 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2435 TIME - 1430 N54063 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE DEER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54063
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-52
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Little Deer Strip
N54063Registration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Sikorsky HO5-S1Airframe modelSikorsky HO5-S1Engine modelFranklin 6V6 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.