- Date
- July 13, 1969
- Place
- Chino, CA · CHINO, CA
- Injuries
- 21 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N304VSikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 69/7/13 CHINO,CALIF SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0843 N304V PX- 0 0 18 39, 8132 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO INTL OPERATOR - LOS ANGELES AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN BERNADINO,CALIF LOS ANGELES, CALIF RIVERSIDE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- L HALF LOWER PYLON FAIRING SEPARATED,DAMAGED T/R BLADES.5 MOUNTING SCREWS MISSING FROM LOCK NUTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N304V
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ontario Intl