# NTSB Accident NYC89FA088
> **SIKORSKY S-76A** · 1989-02-22 · WASHINGTON, PA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC89FA088
- **Event ID:** 20001213X27791
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-02-22
- **Location:** WASHINGTON, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.169338, -80.240066
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** SIKORSKY
- **Model:** S-76A
- **Registration:** N767SA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) WHICH RESULTED IN HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S FLIGHT INTO KNOWN WEATHER, THE ADVERSE WEATHER, AND TREES AT THE ACCIDENT SIGHT.

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