# Accident 20050617018799A: Skrsky S76C, New York, NY, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 16:38 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: East 34th Street Heliport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7433° N, 73.9717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7433&lon=-73.9717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317MY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N317MY-2009-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76C (registry code 8143008, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S76C
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05MA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05MA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617018799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1638 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N731MY, A SIKORSKY SK-76-C, S/N 760460, TOOK OFF FROM THE 34TH STREET HELIPORT IN NYC, NY AND CRASH LANDED INTO THE EAST RIVER. EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT THE HELICOPTER CONDUCTED A CATEGORY A TAKEOFF AND TURNED TO THE NORTH FOR DEPARTURE. AS THE HELICOPTER TRAVELED NORTH ALONG THE EAST RIVER, THE HELICOPTER NEVER GAINED ALTITUDE AND SETTLED INTO THE EAST RIVER NEAR 37TH STREET, WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND NO FLOAT DEPLOYMENT. EYEWITNESSES ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO NOISES FROM THE HELICOPTER AND NO SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE ENGINES. ALL EYEWITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE HELICOPTER SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD POWER BUT WAS NOT CLIMBING. 6 PASSENGERS AND TWO FLIGHT CREW WERE RECOVERED FROM THE HELICOPTER WITH 7 MINOR INJURIES AND 1 SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PIC.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD05MA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05MA078), Jun 17, 2005: Sikorsky S-76C (N317MY), New York, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with a left quartering tailwind. Factors in the accident were settling with power, the high gross weight of the helicopter, and the crew's failure to accurately assess the…

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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