- Date
- March 10, 1966
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 12 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0075 66/3/10 VENICE LA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1630 TIME - 0738 N74097 PX- 0 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 12 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATC HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT-FAILED TO ADEQUATELY CLEAR AREA BEFOR TAKOF SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 120 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 60 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0075 66/3/10 VENICE LA SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 5247 TIME - 0738 N324Y PX- 0 0 11 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1434 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 3 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELL HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 120 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 60 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N324Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shell Heliport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N74097
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Catc Heliport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N324Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.