Accident · 2000-05-06

NTSB case NYC00FA127 · Eurocopter BK-117-A4 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2000-05-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Eurocopter BK-117-A4 (N911NC)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgment of his closure rate, while turning to land on the rooftop helipad, which resulted in a collision with the building. Factors in the accident were the tailwind and the stuck windsock.

Source: NTSB case NYC00FA127

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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