- Date
- April 9, 1971
- Place
- Tannersville, PA · TANNERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1564Sikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1208 71/4/9 TANNERSVILLE,PA SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N1564 PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 37, 3250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 325 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TANNERSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1564
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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