Sikorsky S-61L N619PA

16 May 1977 · New York, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 May 1977 at about 17:35 local time, a Sikorsky S-61L registered N619PA, operated by New York Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during static near New York, New York, United States. 25 people were on board and 4 died, one was seriously injured, 11 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 May 1977 at 17:35
Classification: Accident
Location: New York, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Pan Am Heliport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Registration: N619PA
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: New York Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Static
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0025

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
25	4	1	11	9

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.

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ALL FATALITIES CAUSED BY OPERATING ROTOR BLADES.

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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 1-0025, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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