- Date
- August 26, 1970
- Place
- Fonda, NY · FONDA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8561Sikorsky S-58B
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4618 70/8/26 FONDA,NY SIKORSKY S-58B CR- 0 0 4 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2600 TIME - 0745 N8561 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FONDA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- T/R GR BOX SEPRTD AT FRONT FLANGE OF INTMED HOUSING FM STATIC OVRLOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8561
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fulco
N8561Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Sikorsky S-58BAirframe modelSikorsky S-58BEngine modelWright C9HE series
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Other investigations on N8561 · 1
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