- Date
- September 22, 1984, 16:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49533Aerospatiale SA-360C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840922056679A
- Case key
- 35771
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During approach to heliport, the plt heard two loud 'pops' from the engine. The plt activated the emergency floats and continued the approach. The plt stated that the 'popping', recognized as a compressor stall started again on final. He lowered the collective and the acft descended rapidly which terminated with a hard landing. The tail boom became disconnected from the main body and the rotor blade struck the vertical fin. There was no indication of the reason for the compressor stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49533
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA-360C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1027
- Airframe hours
- 3,892
- Engine
- Turbomeca XV111A, 871 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Island Helicopter Corp.
- Registered owner
- Island Helicopter Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 20, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- JFK · Jamaica, NY
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 6N5 · E. 34th 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,095 total · 840 in this make and model · 2,725 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGA, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.