Vertol 107-II N6673D

14 October 1963 · Jamaica, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 October 1963 at about 11:33 local time, a Vertol 107-II registered N6673D, operated by New York Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 October 1963 at 11:33
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Idlewild
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Vertol 107-II
Registration: N6673D
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: New York Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0012

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FATIGUE FAILURE OF DRIVE QUILL SHAFT DUE CONTAMINATION OF LUBE SYSTEM IN AFT TRANSMISSION ASSY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0012, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Vertol 107 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Apr 1964	Vertol 107 II N6679D	Asheville N C, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Sep 1964	Vertol 107 N6672D	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1964	Vertol 107 N6672D	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Feb 1966	Vertol 107-2 N6674D	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Mar 1966	Vertol 107-II N107PA	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Apr 1967	Vertol 107-II N6674D	Newark Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 11 records for this type

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