# Accident 20190610000779A: Agusta Spa A109E, New York, NY, June 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2019, 13:50 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7617° N, 73.9819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7617&lon=-73.9819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200BK-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A109E (registry code 0260101, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a109e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A (registry code 52151, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA SPA A109E
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW206A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,805 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610000779A

## Narrative

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

ESTIMATED 1130L ON JUNE 10 2019 N200BK ARRIVED 6N5 TO DROP OFF ONE PASSENGER. THE PIC OF N200BK REMAINED AT 6N5 CHECKING WEATHER IN ORDER TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO LDJ WHERE IT IS BASED UNTIL ABOUT 1330L WHERE HE FELT HE HAD A WEATHER WINDOW AND DEPARTED 6N5 SOUTHBOUND ON THE EAST RIVER TOWARDS LDJ. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TOWARD WALL ST HELIPORT AT 300-400 FEET BEFORE TURNING AROUND AND PROCEEDING BACK NORTH. RADAR INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT THEN CLIMBED TO ALTITUDES BETWEEN 1000-2000 FEET OVER CENTRAL MANHATTAN IN THE CENTER OF THE TRUMP TOWER TFR. NO CONTACT WITH ATC WAS MADE BY N200BK HOWEVER THE PIC DID CALL 6N5 ON THE CTAF FREQUENCY ANNOUNCING THAT HE WANTED TO RETURN TO THE HELIPORT. THE CTAF OPERATOR ISSUED SPOT 4 FOR LANDING. THE CTAF OPERATOR RECALLS THE PIC CALLING ONE MORE TIME THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS. THAT WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH N200BK. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE ROOF OF 787 7TH AVE IN NEW YORK, NY ESTIMATED 1350L.  METAR REPORTS FROM LOCAL AIRPORTS AND HELIPORTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED IFR CONDITIONS WITH CEILINGS VARYING FROM 400-800 FEET AND VISIBILITIES FROM 1 1/4 SM TO 3SM. DOCUMENTATION TO CONFIRM THE PIC WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO ACT AS PIC AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE PIC DID NOT HOLD AN INSTRUMENT RATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA19FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA191), Jun 10, 2019: Agusta A109 (N200BK), New York, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to initiate the flight into marginal visual flight rules and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent…

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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