- Date
- May 22, 1968
- Place
- Paramount, CA · PARAMOUNT, CA
- Injuries
- 23 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N303YSikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110666
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 68/5/22 PARAMOUNT,CALIF SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1651 N303Y PX- 20 0 0 45, 12096 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4208 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - LOS ANGELES AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANAHEIM HELIPORT LOS ANGELES INTL APT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: OTHER ROTORCFT-M/R DAMPER ACTION LOST.CAUSE UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLADES UNCONTROLLED IN LEAD/LAG AXIS STRUCK ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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