Sikorsky S-61N N4606G

11 October 1966 · Mountain View Cal, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 October 1966 at about 11:39 local time, a Sikorsky S-61N registered N4606G, operated by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Mountain View Cal, California, United States. 5 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: 11 October 1966 at 11:39
Classification: Accident
Location: Mountain View Cal, California, United States
Nearest airport: Moffett Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61N
Registration: N4606G
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0066

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

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

LANDED ON SHALLOW EVAPORATION POND.TAIL WHEEL STRUCK BOTTOM, REAR ROTOR BLADE STRUCK FUSELAGE.

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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6 Jun 1966	Sikorsky S-61N N4606G	San Francisco Cal, California, United States no coordinates	San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines	Minor injuries	-
17 Nov 1973	Sikorsky S-61N N4606G	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines	No injuries	-
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