# NTSB DCA64A0012: Vertol 107-II, N6673D, Jamaica, NY, October 14, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1963
- Place: Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA64A0012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA64A0012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6673D-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 3 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VERTOL 107-II
- Registry model: [Boeing-Vertol 107-II](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-vertol-107-ii) (registry code 1385007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Idlewild

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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