Agusta A109 accident near New York, NY
On June 10, 2019, an Agusta A109 (helicopter) was involved in an accident near New York, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 10, 2019
- Place
- New York, NY
- Aircraft
- Agusta A109 · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.762°N, 73.982°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190610X53445
Official records · ERA19FA191
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 10, 2019, about 1340 eastern daylight time, an Agusta A109E helicopter, N200BK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near New York, New York. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 corporate flight. The flight departed from the East 34th street heliport (6N5), New York, New York, about 1330 and was destined for Linden Airport (LDJ), Linden, New Jersey. On the morning of the accident, the pilot and a pilot-rated passenger departed Bel-Aire Farms Heliport (NY46), Amenia, New York, about 1030. They stopped briefly at Hudson Valley Regional Airport (POU), Poughkeepsie, New York, for fuel, then flew to 6N5, arriving about 1130. According to the pilot-rated passenger, the flight was uneventful. Personnel at the fixed-base-operator (FBO) at 6N5 reported that the pilot-rated passenger was at the controls as the helicopter landed. He departed the heliport by car, while the pilot remained at 6N5. The pilot waited in the lounge for about two hours. While there, he was continuously checking weather conditions using his tablet computer. Before departing, he mentioned to the staff that he saw a “twenty-minute window to make it out.” The helicopter departed 6N5 about 1332. A review of automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that the helicopter departed and initially flew south over the East River before changing course northward. About 5 to 7 minutes after departure, the pilot contacted the F
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.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
