Sikorsky CH-19E N94475

3 August 1980 · Plover, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 August 1980 at about 17:00 local time, a Sikorsky CH-19E registered N94475, operated by Hendrickson FL, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Plover, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 August 1980 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Plover, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Ag Helipad
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky CH-19E
Registration: N94475
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Hendrickson FL
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1786

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

HYDO-MECHANICAL CLUTCH, PN S1435-2501-1, FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1786, 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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