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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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