- Date
- December 14, 1972
- Place
- Chelan, WA · CHELAN, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N318YSikorsky S-61A
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4151 72/12/14 NR.CHELAN,WASH SIKORSKY S-61A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2329 TIME - 1637 N318Y PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHELAN,WASH 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 TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGS QUIT DURING SLING LOAD PICK UP OF LOGS.ACFT CRASHED DOWNSLOPE INTO ROCKS,LOGS.NO MALF FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N318Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N318YRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2002 · Sikorsky S-61AAirframe modelSikorsky S-61AEngine modelGE CT58 series
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