Sikorsky S-55 N874

29 May 1981 · Beaumont, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 29 May 1981 at about 23:59 local time, a Sikorsky S-55 registered N874, operated by Loma Linda MED, was involved in an accident during in flight near Beaumont, California, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 May 1981 at 23:59
Classification: Accident
Location: Beaumont, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-55
Registration: N874
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Loma Linda MED
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Gorgonio, Ca → San Bernadino, Ca
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2413

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	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

4 SEP STUDIES DETERMINED BLD ALC LVL APPX .08% BUT COULD NOT AGREE ON LVL OF ALC PRIOR TO ACCIDENT

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 3-2413, 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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