ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226031
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| Date: | Monday 10 June 2019 |
| Time: | 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109E Power |
| Owner/operator: | N200bk Inc |
| Registration: | N200BK |
| MSN: | 11072 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3939 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7th Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | New York, NY (6N5) |
| Linden Airport, NJ (LDJ/KLDJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After dropping off a passenger during a routine weekly commuting flight, the noninstrument-rated pilot of the helicopter remained at the fixed-base operator (FBO) for about 2 hours, reviewing weather information before departing on the planned repositioning flight, which was the last flight leg of the commute. Before he departed, the pilot informed FBO staff that he saw a 'twenty-minute window to make it out.' Had the pilot remained at the heliport, the helicopter owner would have incurred hourly, overnight, and landing fees depending on the length of stay. The extent to which those fees or other factors, such as the pilot's obligation to reposition the helicopter as part of the normal commute, influenced his decision to depart could not be determined.
The pilot departed into marginal visual flight rules (MVFR) conditions, and soon after takeoff, encountered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Although the pilot communicated that he was attempting to return to the departure heliport; shortly thereafter, he transmitted to heliport staff that he 'didn't know where he was.' Flight track data depicted an erratic flight path after takeoff, during which the helicopter climbed above the reported cloud base of 500 ft above ground level, and witness video recordings showed the helicopter flying in and out of clouds. About 8 minutes after takeoff, the helicopter descended rapidly and impacted the roof of a building. Examination of the airframe and engines revealed no evidence of any preimpact anomalies.
The pilot's decision to depart into MVFR conditions and the helicopter's subsequent encounter with IMC were conducive to the development of spatial disorientation, and the helicopter's erratic flight path and rapid descent were consistent with a loss of control due to spatial disorientation.
Probable Cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to initiate the flight into marginal visual flight rules and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA19FA191
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=200BK
Location
Images:
Photos(c): NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Jun-2019 18:34 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 19:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 19:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 19:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 19:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:18 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:51 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Nature] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:58 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 20:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 21:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2019 21:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 21:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 21:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 21:18 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 22:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 09:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 12:00 | mikenyc | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 18:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 00:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 12:52 | ErinBensen | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 25-Jun-2019 17:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2022 16:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2022 21:13 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-Mar-2022 21:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
| 05-Mar-2022 21:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
| 02-Jul-2022 08:37 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 25-Jul-2023 20:19 | harro | Updated [[Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report]] |
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