- Date
- November 20, 1965
- Place
- Carlstadt, NJ · CARLSTADT, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74816Sikorsky S-52-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0863 65/11/20 CARLSTADT NJ SIKORSKY S-52-3 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1300 TIME - 1145 N74816 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-TAIL ROTOR SYSTEM FAILURE-CAUSE UNDETRMND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- N74816 SANK IN HACKENSACK RIVER-NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74816
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-52-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teterboro
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