- Date
- October 29, 1963
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N323YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0066 63/10/29 SAN FRANCISCO,CAL SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 2 TEST AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1155 N323Y PX- 0 0 0 31, 5326 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1847 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO OPERATOR - SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND HELICOPTER AIRLINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT LANDED TAIL LOW WHEN ENG DID NOT RESPOND IN TIME TO TERMINATE A TEST AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco
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