- Date
- August 14, 1968
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 21 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N300YSikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1969
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 68/8/14 COMPTON,CALIF SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0935 N300Y PX- 18 0 0 32, 5877 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - LOS ANGELES AIRWAYS,INC. 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FATIGUE ORIGIN IN AREA OF SUBSTANDARD HARDNESS AND INADEQUATE SHOT PEENING ON M/R BLADE SPINDLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N300Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.