- Date
- October 11, 1966
- Place
- Mountain View, CA · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4606GSikorsky S-61N
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121429
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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 66/10/11 MOUNTAIN VIEW CAL SIKORSKY S-61N CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1139 N4606G PX- 0 0 2 33, 8832 TOTAL HOURS, 932 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOFFETT FIELD OPERATOR - SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND HELICOPTER AIRLINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LANDED ON SHALLOW EVAPORATION POND.TAIL WHEEL STRUCK BOTTOM,REAR ROTOR BLADE STRUCK FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4606G
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61N
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moffett Field
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Other investigations on N4606G · 2
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