Hard landing Accident Sikorsky S-61A Payloader N318Y,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14206
 
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Date:Thursday 14 December 1972
Time:16:37
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky S-61A Payloader
Owner/operator:Columbia Construction
Registration: N318Y
MSN: 61094
Year of manufacture:1962
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near Chelan, WA -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Both engines suffered power loss while lifting logs. Hard landing and rolled over onto rocks and logs. No cause for power loss determined.

Hulk sold to Croman Corp. Helicopter rebuilt and back onto service. W/o March 26, 2002 with Croman Corp.in California.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: SEA73FYG21
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=67732&key=0

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 March 2002 N318Y Croman Corporation 1 Lakehead, CA w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
19-Dec-2009 09:47 TB Updated
29-Dec-2009 00:09 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2009 02:42 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
09-Aug-2014 17:20 Aerossurance Updated [Source, Narrative]

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