- Date
- May 1, 1965
- Place
- Ventura, CA · VENTURA, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N745ASikorsky S55
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0138 65/5/1 NR.VENTURA CALIF SIKORSKY S55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N745A PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 43, 4600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- IDLING MAIN ROTOR STRUCK TAIL BOOM WHEN PILOT INADVERTENTLY MOVED CYCLIC WHILE REACHING FOR MANIFE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N745A
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage