# NTSB UNK65X0504: Sikorsky S58C, N867, Joliet, IL, October 31, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 31, 1964
- Place: Joliet, IL · JOLIET, IL
- Location: 41.5250° N, 88.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5250&lon=-88.0817&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181586
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0504
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0504

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0062  64/10/31   JOLIET ILL          SIKORSKY S58C       CR-  0  0  2  NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM  COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0700                    N867                PX-  0  0  0                            AGE 37, 11959 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 5178 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        OPERATOR - CHICAGO HELICOPTER AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: HOVERING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-LACK OF POSITION REFERENCES IN HAZARDOUS OPS
        REMARKS- GROUND CREWMEN INJURED BY SLING LOAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N867](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N867), registered now, S/N 58534, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S58C
- Registry model: [Sikorsky S-58C](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-58c) (registry code 8141806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright 989C9HE2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-989c9he2) (registry code 67096, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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