40.7772° N, 73.8726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 30, 1978 · 16:15 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Scheduled aircraft/helicopter
Operator
NYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N620PA
Reported as
Skrsky S61L
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot attempted departure from limited space area. Struck a plywood blast fence with tail rotor. .
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ATTEMPTED DEPARTURE FROM LIMITED SPACE AREA. STRUCK A PLYWOOD BLAST FENCE WITH TAIL ROTOR. .