# Incident 19830218012879I: Bell 222, New York, NY, February 18, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1983, 18:08 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: 60th Street Port
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N2772H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2772H-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222 (registry code 1182122, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830218012879I

## Narrative

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

A WALL-MOUNTED STYROFOAM LIFE PRESERVER WAS DRAWN INTO MAIN ROTORS DURING HELIPORT LANDING.

## Other reports on N2772H (2)

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

- [Accident 19820922048529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820922048529A), Sep 22, 1982: Bell 222 (N2772H), New York, NY, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Passenger departed helicopter, walked to rear into tail rotor.
- [Incident 19810420025629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420025629I), Apr 20, 1981: Bell 222 (N2772H), Kalaupapa, HI, Minor damage. Rotorcraft collided with wires enroute. Severed wires. Minor damage to craft.

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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