- Date
- July 12, 1970
- Place
- Olympia, WA · OLYMPIA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3631Vancraft GC-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0973 70/7/12 OLYMPIA,WASH VANCRAFT GC-1 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N3631 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLYMPIA,WASH OLYMPIA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO ROLL UP ON SIDE AND PLUMMET TO GRND.APRX FULL POWER ON AT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3631
- Reported as
- Vancraft GC-1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olympia
N3631Registration cancelled Jul 6, 2011 · Cummins-Vancraft GC-1Airframe modelCummins-Vancraft GC-1Engine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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