- Date
- April 10, 1969
- Place
- Doha, Saudi Arabia · DOHA,QUATAR, Saudi Arabia
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N976Sikorsky S62A
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0014 69/4/10 DOHA,QUATAR SIKORSKY S62A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 9264 TIME - 1214 N976 PX- 0 0 7 CTR PASSG-I TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELL HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DITCHED IN ARABIAN GULF. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF SAUDI ARABIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N976
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shell Heliport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.