- Date
- September 19, 1966
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N324YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0954 66/9/19 NR.MORGAN CITY LA SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 4615 TIME - 1230 N324Y PX- 0 0 6 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 231 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT WAS DITCHED IN GULF OF MEXICO. TAIL STRUCK OCEAN SWELL AND ACFT ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N324Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N324Y · 2
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