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Aviation accident WPR19LA255
NONE · Sikorsky S58 · 2019-09-11 · Azusa, CA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
WPR19LA255- Event ID
20190911X73205- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2019-09-11
- Location
- Azusa, CA, USA
- Coordinates
- 34.123889, -117.898612
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S58
- Registration
- N1168U
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The in-flight separation of a section of the tail rotor blade due to a fatigue crack, which resulted in the pilot’s forced autorotation into a field.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown