| Date: | Friday 17 October 1980 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: | Sikorsky S-58DT |
| Owner/operator: | Carson Helicopters |
| Registration: | N94523 |
| MSN: | 58-1809 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lovelock, NV -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Lovelock, NV |
| Destination airport: | local |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:retreating blade stall.
(Crashed on low pass during mapping flight)
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | LAX81FA006 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 6 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 21-Jul-2010 09:05 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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