- Date
- March 4, 1970
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N618PASikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0021 70/3/4 FLUSHING,NY SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N618PA PX- 0 0 6 51, 11481 TOTAL HOURS, 22 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY JFK ARPT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- DEFECTIVE PARTS IN CABIN HEATER SYS CAUSED HEATER FIRE,FIRE SPREAD,DMG AUX SERO SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N618PA
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laguardia
N618PARegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Sikorsky S-61LAirframe modelSikorsky S-61LEngine modelGE T58 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N618PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.