- Date
- February 22, 1981
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 5 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N324YSikorsky S-62A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810222004869A
- Case key
- 126572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3580 81/2/22 AVALON,CA SIKORSKY S-62A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3400 TIME - 1420 N324Y PX- 2 4 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEBBLY BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN PEDRO,CA AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BRAKE ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR DISK FAILED FM FATIGUE,60DEG SEGMENT OF DISK SEPD.INPUT CTL ROD TO L LAT PRI SERVO SEPD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N324Y
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-62A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pebbly Beach
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N324Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.