| - | 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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