# NTSB LAX67A0014: Sikorsky VS-44A, N41881, Long Beach, CA, August 1, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1966
- Place: Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 51 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122515
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41881-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 4402, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY VS-44A
- Registry model: [Sikorsky VS-44-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-vs-44-a) (registry code 8140802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (registry code 52020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Pac Lndg Seadrome

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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