ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14572
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| Date: | Monday 14 October 1963 |
| Time: | 12:33 |
| Type: |  Boeing Vertol 107-II (CH-46) |
| Owner/operator: | New York Airways |
| Registration: | N6673D |
| MSN: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jamaica, New York, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Idlewild (IDL/KIDL), NY |
| Newark, NJ via Wall Street heliport | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Three crew and 3 pax aboard. A fatigue failure of drive quill shaft due contamination of lube system in aft transmission assembly occurred when the aircraft was at 150ft approximately 10s after take-off leading to impact and loss of rotor blades. Post crash fire.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: DCA64A0012
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=83&key=0
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
WAAS
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 1962 | N6673D | New York Airways | 0 | East River, NY | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2011 15:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2011 05:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Jan-2011 14:19 | TB | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 09-Aug-2014 15:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2015 07:15 | JINX | Updated [Time, Source] |
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