# Accident 20201021015709A: Bell 206B, Point Outlook, NY, October 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2020, 16:15 local time
- Place: Point Outlook, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5983° N, 73.5621° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5983&lon=-73.5621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716VL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716VL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 145 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201021015709A

## Narrative

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

N716VL DEPARTED KFRG ON SVFR AND WAS REPORTED AS IN THE CLOUDS AND IN DISTRESS THROUGH JFK TOWER.  WHILE JFK WORKED ISSUE COMMUNICATION WITH AIRCRAFT WAS LOST.  CONFIRMATION HELICOPTER MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS RECEIVED THOUGH NASSAU COUNTY POLICE.  REPORTS FROM SCENE, JONES BAY NORTH EAST OF JONES BEACH INLET ADJACENT TO MEADOW ISLAND, STATED AIRCRAFT WAS IN SHALLOW WATER AND PILOT ASSISTED TO SAFETY WITH MINOR INJURIES NOTED.  NO OTHER OCCUPANTS ONBOARD.  PILOT WAS REMOVED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

## 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 ERA21LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA028), Oct 21, 2020: Bell 206 (N716VL), Point Lookout, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart on a visual flight rules flight, and to continue that flight into forecasted and deteriorating instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in a helicopter that was not…

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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