Sikorsky S-61L N300Y

29 April 1966 · Los Angeles Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 April 1966 at about 04:22 local time, a Sikorsky S-61L registered N300Y, operated by Los Angeles Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Los Angeles Calif, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 April 1966 at 04:22
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Angeles Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Registration: N300Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Los Angeles Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0022

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING ON SATELLITE 7 HELIPAD.

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 1-0022, 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
15 Mar 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Serious 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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