- Date
- April 11, 1972
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N620PASikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165398
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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 72/4/11 JAMAICA,NY SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1502 N620PA PX- 0 0 17 UNK/NR, 16720 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1843 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTENATIONAL OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: GROUND TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN REMARKS- RAMP AGENT WAS DIRECTING ACFT FROM PARKING AREA.MAIN ROTOR HIT TAIL ROTOR OF N618PA,DMG NOT RPRTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N620PA
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intenational