# NTSB LAX65A0085: Sikorsky S55, N745A, Ventura, CA, May 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 1, 1965
- Place: Ventura, CA · VENTURA, CA
- Location: 34.2678° N, 119.2542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2678&lon=-119.2542&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX65A0085
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX65A0085

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S55
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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