# NTSB OAK66A0014: Sikorsky UH34D, N266, Bishop, CA, October 7, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1965
- Place: Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Location: 37.3672° N, 118.3989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bishop, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3672&lon=-118.3989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0983   65/10/7   BISHOP CALIF        SIKORSKY UH34D      CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4600
        TIME - 0740                    N266                PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BISHOP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N266](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N266-1971-07-19), registration cancelled 1971-07-19, S/N 150729 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY UH34D
- Registry model: [Sikorsky UH-34D](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-uh-34d) (registry code 8141818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bishop

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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