- Date
- November 17, 1973
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4606GSikorsky S-61N
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 73/11/17 OAKLAND,CALIF SIKORSKY S-61N CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0758 N4606G PX- 0 0 17 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND INTL OPERATOR - SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND HELICOPTER AIRLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- TKOF RPM,JUST PRIOR LIFT-OFF.ELECT HARNESS P/N S6155-63093-6 SHRTD,ENERGIZED MLG PUMP MOTOR RELAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4606G
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61N
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Oakland Intl
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.
Other investigations on N4606G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.