- Date
- July 17, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Staten Island, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N404WWBell B-222A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860717044309A
- Case key
- 30195
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Analysis
The helicopter, on a FAR 135 flight was in cruise flt at 900 ft. the plt was checking for called VFR traffic and the co-pilot was occuppied with the RNAV when a loud bang was heard and a sudden yaw was felt. Both crew members stated they reacted as instructed and in the process another engine failed. A water ditching was unavoidable. Inspectionfailed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction of the #1 eng. The #2 eng had a power turbine blade failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N404WW
- Reported as
- Bell B-222A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 47045
- Airframe hours
- 1,245
- Engine
- Lycoming LTS-101-650C3, 650 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Damin Aivation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1986 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- New York, NY
- Destination
- Princeton, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,260 total · 450 in this make and model · 3,935 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.