- Date
- June 3, 1977
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99482Sikorsky S58
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770603021889A
- Case key
- 147346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2544 77/6/3 NR.SARASOTA,FL SIKORSKY S58 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0720 N99482 PX- 0 0 1 CONSTRUCTION AGE 27, 1551 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL 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 - FUEL EXHAUSTION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLING LOAD OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99482
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S58
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.