- Date
- December 23, 1988, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45726Sikorsky S-58B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881223056359A
- Case key
- 32375
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that he was repositioning the acft for fuel, and during a practice autorotation attempt the engine hydro-mechanical clutch failed. It did not re-engage upon the application of power and the acft was landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45726
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 56-4307
- Airframe hours
- 4,056
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-84C, 1,525 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Hi-Lift Helicopter
- Registered owner
- Orlando Helicopter Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1988 · 51 hours before
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,561 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 2,377 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.