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NYC69F0130

1968-07-18 · NORTH CREEK, New York, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N887

Make / Model
SIKORSKY S-58B
Year of manufacture
1957 · 11 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT C9HE SERIES (1525 hp)
Seats / Engines
14 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620220
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC37D5

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SIKORSKY S-58B · N887
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CK

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Total time
3,430 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,030
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ALT TO RECOVER FROM SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION

Investigator remarks

CARRYING SLING LOAD UP SIDE OF MT.NOT SUFFICIENT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/23 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2903. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2903.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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