- Date
- April 16, 1965
- Place
- Sanfrancsco, CA · SANFRANCSCO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N323YSikorsky S62A
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 65/4/16 SANFRANCSCO CALIF SIKORSKY S62A CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0834 N323Y PX- 0 0 1 43, 5900 TOTAL HOURS, 478 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND HELICOPTER AIRLINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOMING PIGEON INTO INTAKE CAUSED COMPRESSOR STALL RESULTING IN RETREATING ROTOR BLADE STALL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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