40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1986 · 16:30 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Port Authority West 30th St
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N153AE
Reported as
Skrsky S76
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,620 total2,990 in this make and model200 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.
Rotor blade tips struck a parked helicopter during lift off from a heliport. Rotor blade caps destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
ROTOR BLADE TIPS STRUCK A PARKED HELICOPTER DURING LIFT OFF FROM A HELIPORT. ROTOR BLADE CAPS DESTROYED.