- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Scotts Valley, CA · SCOTTS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N865RLSikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611025489A
- Case key
- 140763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2385 78/6/11 SCOTTS VALLEY,CA SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 284 TIME - 1625 N865RL PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CRUZ SKY PK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA SCOTTS VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HOLE BURNED IN CYLINDER HEAD OUTSIDE OF VALVE SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N865RL
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Cruz Sky Pk
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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.
Other investigations on N865RL · 1
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