- Date
- August 1, 1966
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 51 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41881Sikorsky VS-44A
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0944 66/8/1 LONG BEACH CALIF SIKORSKY VS-44A CR- 0 0 4 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1635 N41881 PX- 0 0 47 AIR TAXI-PASSG 59, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAC LNDG SEADROME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- MOTOR BOAT CUT ACROSS BOW OF SEA PLANE THAT WAS SLOWING AFTER LNDG,WAS STRUCK BY RT WING TIP FLOAT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41881
- Reported as
- Sikorsky VS-44A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Pac Lndg Seadrome
N41881Registration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Sikorsky VS-44-AAirframe modelSikorsky VS-44-AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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