- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Buffalo, MN · BUFFALO, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4036SSikorsky S-64
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780808037649A
- Case key
- 140082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2414 78/8/8 NR.BUFFALO,MN SIKORSKY S-64 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N4036S PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 53, 11500 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-CLAMP SLIPPED CAUSING RIGGING TO HIT WORKMAN REMARKS- POSITIONING UPPER TRANSMISSION TWR TO BASE TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4036S
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-64
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- No 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.