- Date
- October 15, 1974
- Place
- Garden City, NY · GARDEN CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N143QBell 206
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741015043209A
- Case key
- 146478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4331 74/10/15 GARDEN CITY,NY BELL 206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N143Q PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 910 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLAND HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,NY NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143Q
- Reported as
- Bell 206
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Island Heliport
N143QRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.