- Date
- April 7, 1972
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2224WBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165699
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0916 72/4/7 NEW YORK,NY BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N2224W PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 3674 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 794 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALL ST.HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION 60TH ST HELIPORT WALL ST HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-ENGINE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQPD W PARTICLE SEPARATOR KIT.FAA AD 71-8-3 AMDT 39-1330 NCW.ICE FOUND ON ACFT AFT ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2224W
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wall St.Heliport