NYC70I0011

NTSB incident investigation · Bell 206A · New York, NY · July 24, 1969

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 24, 1969
Place
New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
N4026GBell 206A
Status
Completed · report June 3, 1970
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
164160

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0041  69/7/24    NEW YORK,NY         BELL 206A           CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR,
        TIME - 1415                    N4026G              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - 60TA ST HELIPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEW YORK,NY                 NEW YORK,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: HOVERING
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
        REMARKS- LANDED OK.MIS-ALIGNED COMPESSOR SECTION.

Aircraft

Registration
N4026G
Reported as
Bell 206A
Category
Helicopter
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
No damage
Airport
60ta St Heliport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.