Sikorsky S-62A N323Y

29 October 1963 · San Francisco, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 October 1963 at about 11:55 local time, a Sikorsky S-62A registered N323Y, operated by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Francisco, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 October 1963 at 11:55
Classification: Accident
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Francisco
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-62A
Registration: N323Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0066

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

ACFT LANDED TAIL LOW WHEN ENG DID NOT RESPOND INTIME TO TERMINATE A TEST AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT.

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 1-0066, 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 Sikorsky S-62A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Dec 1963	Sikorsky S-62A N88067	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines	No injuries	-
15 Apr 1965	Sikorsky S-62A N880	2SE Moraga Calif, California, United States no coordinates	San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines	Minor injuries	-
10 Mar 1966	Sikorsky S-62A N324Y	Venice la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
19 Sep 1966	Sikorsky S-62A N324Y	Morgan City la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
25 Aug 1967	Sikorsky S-62A N10060	Tyonek, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Anchorage Heli	Minor injuries	-
11 Aug 1968	Sikorsky S-62A N59224	Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Freeport Sulph	No injuries	-

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