- Date
- July 4, 1975
- Place
- Quincy, CA · QUINCY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4555VSikorsky S-55T
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2072 75/7/4 NR.QUINCY,CA. SIKORSKY S-55T CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5500 TIME - 1415 N4555V PX- 0 0 6 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1001 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,CA. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN GULLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4555V
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55T
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quincy Usfs Heli.