Sikorsky S-62A N880

15 April 1965 · 2SE Moraga Calif, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 15 April 1965 at about 19:07 local time, a Sikorsky S-62A registered N880, operated by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines, was involved in an accident during in flight near 2SE Moraga Calif, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 April 1965 at 19:07
Classification: Accident
Location: 2SE Moraga Calif, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-62A
Registration: N880
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 1-0023

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	1

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

ALTITUDE OF EMERGENCY LDG AREA UNKNOWN TO PILOTSPWR PLT-STATOR VANE PILOT VALVE MALFUNCTION

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 1-0023, 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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