- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- Castle Rock, WA · CASTLE ROCK, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2854JKaman K-600
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4535 70/10/3 CASTLE ROCK,WASH KAMAN K-600 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3695 TIME - 1730 N2854J PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 488 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMP BAKER,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT FAILED. DESCENDED ONTO SLING LOAD BUCKET. SLOPING GRND IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2854J
- Reported as
- Kaman K-600
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2854JRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 2017 · Kaman H-43AAirframe modelKaman H-43AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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