Sikorsky S-61L N302Y

15 March 1966 · Los Angeles Calif, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 15 March 1966 at about 06:03 local time, a Sikorsky S-61L registered N302Y, operated by Los Angeles Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during static near Los Angeles Calif, California, United States. 3 people were on board. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 March 1966 at 06:03
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Angeles Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Registration: N302Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Los Angeles Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Static
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0017

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

RIGHT LANDING GEAR BRACE FITTING. FLYING DEBRIS CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE GROUND CREWMAN.

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 1-0017, 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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Other Sikorsky S-61L accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Apr 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N300Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 May 1964	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Anaheim Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 May 1968	Sikorsky S-61L N303Y	Paramount, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Fatal	23
14 Aug 1968	Sikorsky S-61L N300Y	Compton, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Fatal	21
13 Jul 1969	Sikorsky S-61L N304V	Chino, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1970	Sikorsky S-61L N620PA	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

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