- Date
- December 2, 1963
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88067Sikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0067 63/12/2 OAKLAND,CALIF SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N88067 PX- 0 0 10 UNK/NR, 6522 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1326 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMEDA NAS OPERATOR - SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND HELICOPTER AIRLINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL CONTROL UNIT CLOGGED WITH METAL PARTICLES CAUSED BY IMPROPERLY SECURING FUEL PUMP IMPELLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88067
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alameda Nas