- Date
- October 14, 1963
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6673DVertol 107-II
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 63/10/14 JAMAICA,NY VERTOL 107-II CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1133 N6673D PX- 3 0 0 42, 7850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1050 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IDLEWILD OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL CONTAMINATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF DRIVE QUILL SHAFT DUE CONTAMINATION OF LUBE SYSTEM IN AFT TRANSMISSION ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6673D
- Reported as
- Vertol 107-II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Idlewild
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