- Date
- April 2, 1964
- Place
- Sarawak, Malaysia · SARAWAK, Malaysia
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N405ASikorsky S-55
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0024 64/4/2 SARAWAK MALAYSIA SIKORSKY S-55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4340 TIME - 0852 N405A PX- 0 0 6 CTR PASSG-I TOTAL HOURS, 1431 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N405A
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed