- Date
- July 26, 1978
- Place
- Gerber, CA · GERBER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N32533Sikorsky H-19
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780726033489A
- Case key
- 140329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3089 78/7/26 GERBER,CA SIKORSKY H-19 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4509 TIME - 0830 N32533 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1391 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GERBER,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RETAINER RING,P/N 5108-87,DISENGAGED FM CAM,P/N 14-35-2218.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32533
- Reported as
- Sikorsky H-19
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.