- Date
- December 22, 1965
- Place
- Seaside, OR · SEASIDE, OR
- Injuries
- 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73893Sikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1108 65/12/22 NR.SEASIDE,OREG SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1140 N73893 PX- 0 0 4 CTR PASSG-D AGE 30, 7716 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEASIDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT FLOAT EQUIP. LANDING SUCCESSFUL BUT MAIN ROTORS STRUCK SWELLS,CAUSED ROLL OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73893
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Seaside