Sikorsky S-61L N301Y

22 July 1975 · Garden Valley, Idaho, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 22 July 1975 at about 13:30 local time, a Sikorsky S-61L registered N301Y, operated by Boise-Cascade, was involved in an accident during in flight near Garden Valley, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 July 1975 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Garden Valley, Idaho, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Registration: N301Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Boise-Cascade
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4131

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	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

EXT LOAD LOGGING OPN.LOST CTL AFTER SUDDEN PITCHUP DRG TRANSITION FM HOVER TO FWD FLT.

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 3-4131, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Jun 1973	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Marblemount, Washington, United States no coordinates	Carson Gelicop	No injuries	-
16 May 1977	Sikorsky S-61L N619PA	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	Fatal	4
11 Apr 1972	Sikorsky S-61L N620PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1972	Sikorsky S-61L N402S	Black Mtn, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Carson Helicop	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1970	Sikorsky S-61L N620PA	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1970	Sikorsky S-61L N618PA	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

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