Sikorsky S-62A N54516

7 July 1978 · San Pedro, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 July 1978 at about 10:53 local time, a Sikorsky S-62A registered N54516, operated by Catalina Airli, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Pedro, California, United States. 3 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 July 1978 at 10:53
Classification: Accident
Location: San Pedro, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-62A
Registration: N54516
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Catalina Airli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Avalon, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2652

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	0	0	2

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.

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 3-2652, 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
21 Feb 1980	Sikorsky S-62A N442Y	Leeville, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Rotor Aids Inc	Fatal	6
22 Feb 1981	Sikorsky S-62A N324Y	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	Briles Wing AN	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1973	Sikorsky S-62A N1166U	Jayuya, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Helicopter REN	Minor injuries	-
11 Oct 1973	Sikorsky S-62A N316Y	Requena, South America no coordinates	Briles Wing &	Fatal	9
24 Feb 1970	Sikorsky S-62A N978	Kenai, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Anchorage Heli	Minor injuries	-
23 Jun 1969	Sikorsky S-62A N665Y	Dakar, Africa no coordinates	World Wide HEL	No injuries	-

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