- Date
- April 24, 1972
- Place
- Coeburn, VA · COEBURN, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1562Sikorsky H-19G
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0411 72/4/24 COEBURN,VA SIKORSKY H-19G CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1808 N1562 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 24, 2300 TOTAL HOURS, 125 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONESOME PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COEBURN,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT WAS MOVING ACFT TO PARKING SITE. HIT PWR LINES BLO RIDGE LINE AT TWILIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lonesome Pine
N1562Registration cancelled Sep 4, 1973 · Sikorsky H-19GAirframe modelSikorsky H-19GEngine 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 N1562 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.