- Date
- June 25, 1986, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N149QEnstrom F-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30377
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt performed a go-around due to excessive groundspeed during the first landing attempt. The plt reported that as he applied upward collective to terminate the second landing apch over the helipad, the helicopter descended rapidly. The helicopter contacted the water in a level attitude then rolled onto it's left side. Gusty wind conditions existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N149Q
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 261
- Airframe hours
- 3,536
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-C1A, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Spectrum Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1986 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- Ridgefield Park, NJ
- Destination
- JFK · Jamaica, NY
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 350 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 271 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 19 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg