- Date
- August 6, 1964
- Place
- Keene Valley, NY · KEENE VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6872CSikorsky S55
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0701 64/8/6 KEENE VALLEY NY SIKORSKY S55 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2000 TIME - 1105 N6872C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INOPERATIVE VOLTAGE REGULATOR RESULTED IN DEAD BATTERY-INOPERATIVE FUEL GAUGE FROM ELECT FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6872C
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S55
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N6872C · 1
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