Sikorsky S-61L N300Y

14 August 1968 · Compton, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 August 1968 at about 09:35 local time, a Sikorsky S-61L registered N300Y, operated by Los Angeles Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Compton, California, United States. 21 people were on board and 21 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 August 1968 at 09:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Compton, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Registration: N300Y
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Los Angeles Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0016

People

21 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
21	21	0	0	0

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

FATIGUE ORIGIN IN AREA OF SUBSTANDARD HARDNESS AND INADEQUATE SHOT PEENING ON M/R BLADE SPINDLE.

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 1-0016, 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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Other Sikorsky S-61L accidents

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
13 Jul 1969	Sikorsky S-61L N304V	Chino, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles 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	-
15 Mar 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N302Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Apr 1966	Sikorsky S-61L N300Y	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

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