- Date
- May 16, 1977
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious, 11 minor, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N619PASikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 77/5/16 NEW YORK,NY SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1735 N619PA PX- 4 1 17 46, 11721 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAN AM HELIPORT OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED STATIC: IDLING ROTORS ROLL OVER STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- ALL FATALITIES CAUSED BY OPERATING ROTOR BLADES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N619PA
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pan Am Heliport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.