Sikorsky S-61L accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving the Sikorsky S-61L, recorded between 1964 to 2002. 4 of them were fatal (27%), and 49 people died.

The deadliest year was 1968, with 44 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (5 records).

Most of these records are from United States and Canada.

14 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

27%

Share fatal

1964 to 2002

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 6

1970s 7

1980s 1

2000s 1

Where these happened

United States 14 Canada 1

Operators involved

Los Angeles Airways, Inc. 6 New York Airways, Inc. 4 Carson Gelicop 1 Boise-Cascade 1 Croman Corp 1 Carson Helicop 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 May 1968	Sikorsky S-61L N303Y	Paramount, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Fatal	23
14 Aug 1968	Sikorsky S-61L N300Y	Compton, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Fatal	21
16 May 1977	Sikorsky S-61L N619PA	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	Fatal	4
5 Feb 1984	Sikorsky S-61L N6981R	Medford, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	1
8 Aug 2002	Sikorsky S-61L N346AA	Prince George, Canada no coordinates	Croman Corp	Serious injuries	-
22 Jul 1975	Sikorsky S-61L N301Y	Garden Valley, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Boise-Cascade	Minor injuries	-
19 Jun 1973	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Marblemount, Washington, United States no coordinates	Carson Gelicop	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1972	Sikorsky S-61L N402S	Black Mtn, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Carson Helicop	No injuries	-
11 Apr 1972	Sikorsky S-61L N620PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1970	Sikorsky S-61L N620PA	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1970	Sikorsky S-61L N618PA	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	New York Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jul 1969	Sikorsky S-61L N304V	Chino, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Apr 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N300Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 May 1964	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Anaheim Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-