Sikorsky S-55B N414A

9 October 1973 · Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 9 October 1973 at about 18:15 local time, a Sikorsky S-55B registered N414A, operated by Titan Helicopt, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 October 1973 at 18:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-55B
Registration: N414A
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Titan Helicopt
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Waynesburg, Pa → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-3021

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	2	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

CP MISTOOK SURVEYED LDG SITE DUE DUSK & HAZE.PLTHAD TO AVOID PWR LINES, LOST CTL.HIT STEEL BOLLARD

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 3-3021, 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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