# Incident 20170521020619I: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI, Kinderhook, NY, May 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2017, 14:15 local time
- Place: Kinderhook, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3944° N, 73.7038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinderhook, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3944&lon=-73.7038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N699WC-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI (registry code 056260C, https://openairdocs.org/model/bosko-wr-bosko-ce-safari) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior XP-360 (registry code 59252, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-xp-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOSKO WR/BOSKO CE SAFARI
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR XP-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170521020619I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/26/2017 THE ALBANY FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 05/21/2017.  N699WC AN EXPERIMENTAL ROTORCRAFT MODEL: SAFARI 400 WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD IN THE TOWN OF KINDERHOOK, NY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PILOT HOLDING A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND ROTORCRAFT RATINGS REPORTED: SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO SHUDDER. THE PILOT BEGAN TO AUTOROTATE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING THEN HEARD A FEW MORE LOUD BANGS BUT INDICATED THE ROTORCRAFT WAS STILL DEVELOPING POWER. JUST PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT THE PILOT INCREASED POWER AND LANDED THE ROTORCRAFT SAFELY. UPON EXAMINING THE ROTORCRAFT THE DRIVE COUPLING CONNECTING THE TAIL ROTOR TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF INTERNAL FAILURE. THE  TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT FROM  TRANSMISSION ASSYEMBLY APPEARED TO BE SEIZED.

## Other reports on N699WC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180908013289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180908013289A), Sep 8, 2018: Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce SAFARI (N699WC), Highgate Center, VT, Substantial damage. NTSB accident number GAA18CA543 with NTSB iic kathryn benhoff 1-202-314-6010. On Saturday September 8, 2018 at approximately 1:20 pm [privacy data omitted] was…

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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