- Date
- March 20, 1986, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38Sikorsky S-76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30238
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a preflight examination of a Sikorsky S76 the instructor and student discovered a hole in the leading edge of the pylon above the intermediate gear box and scuff mark on the main rotor blade caps. The instructor and student had just completed a 2.1 hr training session that consisted of 18 takeoffs and landings, and were about to begin a second session when the damage was discovered. The time of damage occurrence is unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-76
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 760087
- Airframe hours
- 870
- Engine
- Allison 250-30-S, 650 lbs thrust, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tech. Center FAA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1986
- Departed
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ACY · Atlantic City, runway 6, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,639 total · 58 in this make and model · 4,185 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg