Sikorsky VS-44A N41881
1 August 1966 · Long Beach Calif, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 1 August 1966 at about 16:35 local time, a Sikorsky VS-44A registered N41881, operated by Catalina Air L, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Long Beach Calif, California, United States. 51 people were on board. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Long Beach Calif, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pac Lndg Seadrome
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Sikorsky VS-44A
- Registration
- N41881
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Catalina Air L
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 2-0944
People
Injuries not recorded.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
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
MOTOR BOAT CUT ACROSS BOW OF SEA PLANE THAT WAS SLOWING AFTER LNDG, WAS STRUCK BY RT WING TIP FLOAT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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