- Date
- April 24, 1972
- Place
- Howland Hook, NY · HOWLAND HOOK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7112JBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1771 72/4/24 HOWLAND HOOK,NY BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 13000 TIME - 1630 N7112J PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOETHALS BRIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONYA ROOF HELIPORT HOWLAND HOOK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PRACT AUTO.M/R BLADE HIT TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7112J
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goethals Bridge
N7112JRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 1979 · Bell 206BAirframe modelBell 206BEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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.