# Incident 19781105023589I: Bell 206BELL, New York, NY, November 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1978, 11:06 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: World Trade Cente
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16664, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16664-1992-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781105023589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED LANDING AFTER TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND CRACKED POWER TAKEOFF SHAFT.

## Other reports on N16664 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900210001809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900210001809A), Feb 10, 1990: Bell 206L (N16664), New York, NY, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Settled and impacted east river during nose low forward flight to obtain translational lift.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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