Sikorski S-61L N300Y

15 July 1963 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 July 1963 at about 08:25 local time, a Sikorski S-61L registered N300Y, operated by Los Angeles Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 July 1963 at 08:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorski S-61L
Registration: N300Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Los Angeles Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0052

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RT LNDG GEAR FORGED ATTACHMENT FITTINGS FAILED. DEMONSTRATION OF SINGLE ENG REJECTED T/O.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0052, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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