- Date
- July 8, 1970
- Place
- Salem, NJ · SALEM, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4247Sikorsky S-58
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2890 70/7/8 NR.SALEM,NJ SIKORSKY S-58 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2056 TIME - 1230 N4247 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALEM,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- GND CREW MANEUVERED SLING LOAD CABLE INTO CONTACT WITH LIVE POWER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4247
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Salem
N4247Registration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Sikorsky S-58BAirframe modelSikorsky S-58BEngine modelWright C9HE 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 N4247 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.