- Date
- August 26, 1970
- Place
- Valdez, AK · VALDEZ, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N455ZSikorsky S-55B
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113307
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1644 70/8/26 NR.VALDEZ,ALAS SIKORSKY S-55B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 3000 TIME - 0700 N455Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-UNKNOWN OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BASE CAMP,ALAS LOCAL SURVEY SITE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DAMAGE-INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N455Z
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
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