Vancraft GC-1 N3631
12 July 1970 · Olympia, Washington, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 July 1970 at about 12:30 local time, a Vancraft GC-1 registered N3631 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Olympia, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Olympia, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Olympia
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Vancraft GC-1
- Registration
- N3631
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Training
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0973
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
ACFT OBSERVED TO ROLL UP ON SIDE AND PLUMMET TO GRND.APRX FULL POWER ON AT IMPACT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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