Sikorsky S55 N6872C

6 August 1964 · Keene Valley Ny, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 August 1964 at about 11:05 local time, a Sikorsky S55 registered N6872C was involved in an accident during in flight near Keene Valley Ny, New York, 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: 6 August 1964 at 11:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Keene Valley Ny, New York, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S55
Registration: N6872C
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0701

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 2-0701, 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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