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| Date: | Wednesday 2 February 1966 |
| Time: | 14:23 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-61N |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-AOC |
| MSN: | 61225 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Faridpur, East Pakistan -
 Bangladesh
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dacca (14:03) |
| Faridpur | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed. There were 3 crew members and 21 passengers aboard the helicopter. One passenger (A. Mannan) survived. A Main Gearbox oil leak occurred sometime before 14:19 from an external pipe as the oil loss was visible to the survivor. The aircraft did hit a vulture 3.75 miles from its destination but continued unaffected. When in the circuit at 14.23 the MGB failed and the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Hamburger Abendblatt 3.2.1966
http://www.aparm.net/ap-aaa_ap-azz/ap-aoa_ap-aoz/ap-aoc.htm
http://www.antonakis.co.uk/registers/Pakistan.txt
WAAS / ICAO Accident Digest No 18 Vol 1
La Nacion 4 February 1966, p83
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2009 10:05 | TB | Added |
| 28-Dec-2009 10:19 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2009 09:10 | TB | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2011 15:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Dec-2012 10:24 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Jan-2013 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 17:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2016 16:32 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Jul-2016 16:33 | harro | Updated [Country, ] |
| 17-Dec-2016 19:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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