What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 30, 2013, about 1155 eastern daylight time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, N405MR, operated by New York city helicopter charter, inc., incurred minor damage after an engine failure and subsequent forced landing to the hudson river in New York, New York. The commercial pilot and four passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The aircraft was in cruise flight when approaching the 79th street boat basin, at 1,500 feet, the pilot heard a ?bang? And a passenger asked if the helicopter had hit a bird. The pilot answered no, then heard the ?engine out? Warning and saw that the N2 [power turbine] indication was dropping. The pilot decided to perform an autorotation, and just prior to lowering the collective and rolling the throttle to flight idle, he saw the ?engine chip? Light illuminate. Pilot the executed an autorotation to the water and deployed the emergency floats. The pilot and a local boater assisted with the evacuation no injuries, and minor damage to the aircraft. A preliminary inspection of the engine and subsequent tear down of the engine revealed a failure due to oil starvation to the number 2 bearing. An SDR has submitted by operator.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 30, 2013, ABOUT 1155 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4, N405MR, OPERATED BY NEW YORK CITY HELICOPTER CHARTER, INC., INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING TO THE HUDSON RIVER IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN APPROACHING THE 79TH STREET BOAT BASIN, AT 1,500 FEET, THE PILOT HEARD A ?BANG? AND A PASSENGER ASKED IF THE HELICOPTER HAD HIT A BIRD. THE PILOT ANSWERED NO, THEN HEARD THE ?ENGINE OUT? WARNING AND SAW THAT THE N2 [POWER TURBINE] INDICATION WAS DROPPING. THE PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORM AN AUTOROTATION, AND JUST PRIOR TO LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE AND ROLLING THE THROTTLE TO FLIGHT IDLE, HE SAW THE ?ENGINE CHIP? LIGHT ILLUMINATE. PILOT THE EXECUTED AN AUTOROTATION TO THE WATER AND DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY FLOATS. THE PILOT AND A LOCAL BOATER ASSISTED WITH THE EVACUATION NO INJURIES, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND SUBSEQUENT TEAR DOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A FAILURE DUE TO OIL STARVATION TO THE NUMBER 2 BEARING. AN SDR HAS SUBMITTED BY OPERATOR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.