Lift System LS3 N6568C

10 September 1965 · Rancho Cnjo Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 September 1965 at about 09:00 local time, a Lift System LS3 registered N6568C, operated by Lift Systems, was involved in an accident during in flight near Rancho Cnjo Calif, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 September 1965 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Rancho Cnjo Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Rancho Conejo
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lift System LS3
Registration: N6568C
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Lift Systems
Operating rule: Aircraft Manufacturer
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0551

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	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

TOUCHED DOWN HOVERING SIDEWAYS & ROLLED OVER

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 2-0551, 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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