# Accident 20100922046989A: Bell Helico 412EP, Brooklyn, NY, September 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2010, 15:45 local time
- Place: Brooklyn, NY
- Airport: Floyd Bennett Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6000° N, 73.8994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6000&lon=-73.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N412PD-2023-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 412EP (registry code 1182157, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-412ep) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D (registry code 52168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICO 412EP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6T-3D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10TA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10TA493) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100922046989A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2010, AT ABOUT 1545 LOCAL TIME, A NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT (NYPD) BELL 412EP HELICOPTER, REGISTRATION NUMBER N412PD, SERIAL NUMBER (SN) 36515, EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AT ABOUT 300-350 FEET ABOVE THE WATER WHILE ENROUTE FROM JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BACK TO FLOYD BENNETT FIELD (HELIPORT - NY22) AND CRASHED INTO JAMAICA BAY ABOUT 50 YARDS NORTHEAST OF ITS INTENDED LANDING ZONE. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHTCREW, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO DESCEND AND ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE WATER. NO AUDIBLE OR VISUAL ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION ALERTS OR WARNINGS WERE NOTED PRIOR TO THE EVENT. AFTER THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE WATER, THE FLOATS AUTOMATICALLY INFLATED AND THE HELICOPTER STAYED AFLOAT UNTIL IT WAS RECOVERED AND HOISTED ONTO THE DOCK. ACCORDING TO PILOT, THE ENGINES CONTINUED TO OPERATE AFTER THE WATER IMPACT EVEN THOUGH THE BOTH AIRFRAME FUEL BOOST PUMPS WERE SWITCHED OFF AND THE THROTTLE WAS ROLLED TO THE OFF POSITION. THE ENGINES EVENTUALLY SHUTDOWN AFTER ALL THE USEABLE FUEL IN THE FUEL LINE WERE CONSUMED. THE SIX OCCUPANTS THAT WERE ONBOARD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA10TA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10TA493), Sep 22, 2010: Bell 412 (N412PD), Brooklyn, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue fracture of the reduction gearbox output drive gear, which resulted in the loss of power output from the engines to the helicopter rotor blade system and a subsequent forced landing. 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.