- Date
- July 15, 1963
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N300YSikorski S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0052 63/7/15 LOS ANGELES,CALIF SIKORSKI S-61L CR- 0 0 2 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0825 N300Y PX- 0 0 1 30, 3200 TOTAL HOURS, 350 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - LOS ANGELES AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RT LNDG GEAR FORGED ATTACHMENT FITTINGS FAILED. DEMONSTRATION OF SINGLE ENG REJECTED T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300Y
- Reported as
- Sikorski S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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