# Incident 19870819056139I: Westld WESTLAND30, New York, NY, August 19, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1987, 17:04 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CZYA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4499N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4499N-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Westland Helicopters WG30 (registry code 9650160, https://openairdocs.org/model/westland-helicopters-wg30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WESTLD WESTLAND30
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870819056139I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAXI. FIRE BOTTLES FIRED. LIGHT WENT OUT. SUSPECT A FALSE FIRE WARNING.

## Other reports on N4499N (1)

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

- [Incident 19840423020979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840423020979I), Apr 23, 1984: Westld WESTLAND30 (N4499N), New York, NY, Minor damage. Lost its left wheel assembly while taxing for takeoff. Found wheel assembly tie bolts had lost their torgue.

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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