- Date
- July 3, 1970
- Place
- Union City, TN · UNION CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6962RSikorsky S-64E
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127401
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1257 70/7/3 UNION CITY,TENN SIKORSKY S-64E CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N6962R PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 33, 3010 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 820 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNION CITY,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENGS INGESTED POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC.ACFT SETTLED ONTO EXTERNAL LOAD JUST PLACED ON ROOF OF BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6962R
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-64E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6962RRegistered now · Sikorsky S-64EAirframe modelSikorsky S-64EEngine modelPratt & Whitney JFTD12A-4A
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