- Date
- March 15, 1966
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N302YSikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 66/3/15 LOS ANGELES CALIF SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0603 N302Y PX- 0 0 0 44, 8209 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2579 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL OPERATOR - LOS ANGELES AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP ROLL OVER STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RIGHT LANDING GEAR BRACE FITTING. FLYING DEBRIS CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE GROUND CREWMAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
N302YRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2018 · Sikorsky/Carson Services S61NAirframe modelSikorsky/Carson Services S61N
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.
Other investigations on N302Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.