- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 22, 1968 |
Time: | 1651 |
Location: | Paramount, California |
Operator: | Los Angeles Airways |
Flight #: | 841 |
Route: | Anaheim - LAX |
AC Type: | Sikorsky S-61L helicopter |
Registration: | N303Y |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 23 (passengers:20 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:20 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The helicopter suddenly descended to the ground with an erratic action of the main rotor blades and burst into flames. A faulty main rotor blade damper caused one of the rotor blades to detach for reasons undetermined and strike the fuselage. |
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