- Date
- April 21, 1981
- Place
- Stillwater, NJ · STILLWATER, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N17754Sikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810421020119A
- Case key
- 126204
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0693 81/4/21 STILLWATER,NJ SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N17754 PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 37, 3380 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTSBURG,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17754
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.