- Date
- August 29, 1967
- Place
- Wndsor Locks, CT · WNDSOR LOCKS, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13301Sikorsky S-51
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0633 67/8/29 WNDSOR LOCKS,CONN SIKORSKY S-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 7705 TIME - 1424 N13301 PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMILTON STANDARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY ROTORCFT-INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT RIVETS SHEARED. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- ANTITORQUE CONTROL LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13301
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-51
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hamilton Standard