Sikorsky S-52-3 N4643S

3 February 1969 · Santo Domingo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 3 February 1969 at about 15:05 local time, a Sikorsky S-52-3 registered N4643S, operated by Sherry JOY COR, was involved in an accident during in flight near Santo Domingo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 3 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: 3 February 1969 at 15:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Santo Domingo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-52-3
Registration: N4643S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Sherry JOY COR
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0029

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

SIGHT-SEEING FLT.INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GOVT.

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 6-0029, 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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