# Incident 20140206023569I: Sikorsky S-76B, New York, NY, February 6, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2014, 20:20 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: West 30th St.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OZTA
- Location: 40.7549° N, 74.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST 30TH ST (JRA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7549&lon=-74.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N591AK-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-76B (registry code 8143007, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A (registry code 52176, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6b-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-76B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6B-36A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140206023569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS THAT HE HAD TO ADJUST HIS APPROACH PATH DUE TO SNOW BANK AND PATCHY ICE AT THE NORMAL TOUCHDOWN LOCATION. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING GROUND TAXI INTO THE PARKING LOCATION, THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A CANVAS AND ALUMINUM BLAST FENCE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT TURNED INTO THE PARKING POSITION. PILOT APPEARS TO HAVE MISJUDGED THE TURN.

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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