- Date
- April 15, 1965
- Place
- 2se Moraga, CA · 2SE MORAGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N880Sikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 65/4/15 2SE MORAGA CALIF SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 2 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1907 N880 PX- 0 0 0 36, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 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 HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS PWR PLT-STATOR VANE PILOT VALVE MALFUNCTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS DRIZZLE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ALTITUDE OF EMERGENCY LDG AREA UNKNOWN TO PILOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N880
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N880Registration cancelled Sep 19, 2013 · Sikorsky S62AAirframe modelSikorsky S62AEngine 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.