ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363048
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1992 |
| Time: | 10:15 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-19D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N37800 |
| MSN: | 55-4944 |
| Engine model: | CURTIS WRIGHT R-1300-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Augustine, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS BEGINNING HIS EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION, THE ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER AND HE WAS FORCED TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE LANDED HARD IN THE UNIMPROVED AREA, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A ROCKER ARM FAILED, RESULTING IN THE SEIZURE OF THE EXHAUST VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE'S EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER ARM.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL92LA166
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1986 | N37800 | Dennis Rogers | 0 | Roanoke Rapids, NC | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 13:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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