# Incident 19910331013579I: Bell 206L, New York, NY, March 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1991, 14:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: East 34th Street Heliport
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BJAA
- Location: 40.7424° N, 73.9721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at East 34th Street Heliport (6N5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7424&lon=-73.9721&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16959 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,044 total, 892 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910331013579I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. ENTERED AUTOROTATION. LANDED IN THE WATER WITH FLOATS INFLATED.

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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