40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 23, 1993 · 12:40 local
Place
New York, NY
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
NYBA
Aircraft
N16696
Reported as
Bell 206L
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,156 total16 in this make and model11 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.
Lost power on sightseeing flight. Inflated floats landed on river. Worn splines uncoupled. Bad o ring blocked oil.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. INFLATED FLOATS LANDED ON RIVER. WORN SPLINES UNCOUPLED. BAD O RING BLOCKED OIL.