- Date
- June 23, 1969
- Place
- Dakar, Nicaragua · DAKAR,W AFR, Nigeria
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N665YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0081 69/6/23 NR.DAKAR,W AFR SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2381 TIME - 1102 N665Y PX- 0 0 10 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAKAR,W AFR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF W AFRICA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N665Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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