- Date
- October 11, 1973
- Place
- Requena, Peru · REQUENA, Peru
- Injuries
- 9 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N316YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0042 73/10/11 NR.REQUENA,PERU SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2090 TIME - UNK/NR N316Y PX- 8 4 0 CTR CARGO-I TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REQUENA,PERU LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF PERU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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