- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Alpental, WA · ALPENTAL, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4382SSikorsky S-58E
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019036399A
- Case key
- 188024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3608 73/10/19 ALPENTAL,WASH SIKORSKY S-58E CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0950 N4382S PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION 27, 3230 TOTAL HOURS, 330 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BANDERA STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH ALPENTAL,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PILOT ALLOWED RPM TO DECAY DURING UPSLOPE SURVEY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4382S
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bandera State
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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.