- Date
- July 18, 1968
- Place
- North Creek, NY · NORTH CREEK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N887Sikorsky S-58B
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2903 68/7/18 NORTH CREEK,NY SIKORSKY S-58B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1030 TIME - 0915 N887 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- CARRYING SLING LOAD UP SIDE OF MT.NOT SUFFICIENT ALT TO RECOVER FROM SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N887
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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