# Incident 20130630013819I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, New York, NY, June 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2013, 11:55 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NY9A
- Location: 40.7850° N, 73.9881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7850&lon=-73.9881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405MR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 513 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13IA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13IA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130630013819I

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA13IA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13IA313), Jun 30, 2013: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206 (N405MR), New York, NY, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The improper maintenance decision to adjust the engine oil pressure regulator valve in response to high oil pressure indications rather than to properly troubleshoot the anomaly, which then allowed…

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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