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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S-76A · New York, NY · March 22, 1983

Date
March 22, 1983 · 09:05 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
East 60th St Metr
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N721EW
Reported as
Skrsky S76A
Reported engine
Allison 250C30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total350 in this make and model110 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.

Main rotors struck concrete wall on edge of heliport while hovering prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN ROTORS STRUCK CONCRETE WALL ON EDGE OF HELIPORT WHILE HOVERING PRIOR TO LANDING.