Sikorsky S58DT N90940

28 June 1978 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 28 June 1978 at about 09:45 local time, a Sikorsky S58DT registered N90940, operated by Carson Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 June 1978 at 09:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S58DT
Registration: N90940
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Carson Helicop
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Construction Work
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1884

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REMOVING 80 FT LIGHT TOWER.TAIL TURNED TO BLIND SIDE OF HELICOPTER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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40.2737, -76.8844
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-1884, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Sikorsky S58DT accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Oct 1980	Sikorsky S58DT N94523	Lovelock, Nevada, United States approximate position	Carson Helicop	Fatal	3

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14 Apr 1978	Cessna 150L N1531Q	Hallandale, Mississippi, United States approximate position	Boardman Aviat	Serious injuries	-
3 Jun 1978	Cessna 310Q N7600Q	Destin, Florida, United States approximate position	Araguel Sander	No injuries	-
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11 Aug 1978	Bell 47G4A N473FW	New Rochelle, New York, United States approximate position	Island Helicop	No injuries	-
23 Apr 1978	Piper PA-31 N49MC	Arlington, Indiana, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	9

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