Sikorsky S62A N975

5 May 1965 · San Frncsco Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 May 1965 at about 04:36 local time, a Sikorsky S62A registered N975, operated by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near San Frncsco Calif, 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: 5 May 1965 at 04:36
Classification: Accident
Location: San Frncsco Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Francsco Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S62A
Registration: N975
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 1-0012

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.

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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16 Apr 1965	Sikorsky S62A N323Y	Sanfrancsco Calif, California, United States no coordinates	San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines	Minor injuries	-
11 Aug 1964	Sikorsky S62A N987	Leesville la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Apr 1969	Sikorsky S62A N976	Doha, Asia no coordinates	World Wide HEL	Minor injuries	-

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