- Date
- January 6, 1977
- Place
- Alameda, CA · ALAMEDA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N62251Sikorsky S-58
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770106002339A
- Case key
- 156946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0221 77/1/6 ALAMEDA,CA SIKORSKY S-58 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 893 TIME - 1525 N62251 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAS ALAMEDA CA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALAMEDA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXT LOAD OPNS.HIT STEEL BEAM ON TOP OF BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62251
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nas Alameda Ca
N62251Registration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Sikorsky S-58JAirframe modelSikorsky S-58JEngine modelWright 1820G-2-3&5
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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.