Airplane Crash - Compton, California 08/14/1968
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Compton, California
| Date | 08/14/1968 |
| Time | 09:35 |
| Location | Compton, California |
| Operator | Los Angeles Airways |
| Flight # | 417 |
| Type | Sikorsky S-61L helicopter |
| Registration | N300Y |
| Aboard | 21 |
| Fatalities | 21 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The main rotor blade of the helicopter separated from the central hub. The aircraft spun to destruction as the tail cone sheared off. Metallurgical fault during manufacture of the main rotor blade spindle. Fatigue origin in area of substandard hardness and inadequate shot peening on main rotor blade spindle. |
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