# NTSB DCA77AA006: Sikorsky S-61L, N619PA, New York, NY, May 16, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 16, 1977
- Place: New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 1 serious, 11 minor, 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA77AA006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA77AA006-80103

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N619PA-1977-08-09), registration cancelled 1977-08-09, S/N 61427, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-61L
- Registry model: [Sikorsky S-61L](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61l) (registry code 8142102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pan Am Heliport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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