- Date
- May 1, 1970
- Place
- Scotrun, PA · SCOTRUN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16861Sikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0926 70/5/1 SCOTRUN,PA SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N16861 PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 33, 2685 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 160 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT POCONO ARPT LAKE WALLENPAUPACK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WEA BRIEFED BY DEPT OF FOREST-WATER.GUSTS TO 20K.HEAVILY LOADED.RETREATING BLADE STALL.M/R CUT T/R
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16861
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N16861Registration cancelled Apr 20, 2011 · Sikorsky S-55BAirframe modelSikorsky S-55BEngine modelWright C7BA 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.
Other investigations on N16861 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI82DA150Accident · No injuriesFinal reportOtsego, OHThe pilot was spreading fertilizer by using external buckets. As he was unhooking a bucket, the engine lost power. He did a hovering autorotation, but the helicopter settled on a bucket, tipped over and allowed the main rotor blades to hit the ground. An…NTSB CHI80FEK18Accident · No injuriesClosedRushville, OH