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- Code Number:
- TAHV03P10_01
- Title:
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Eurocopter EC130 B4, N453AE, head-on, Manhattan
- CN: 3487
Seats: 6 Engine: 1x Turbomeca ARRIEL 2B1 Accident report: Date: 07/07/2007 Time: 16:51 Owner/operator: Liberty Helicopters Inc C/n / msn: 3487 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 Aircraft damage: Substantial Location: Hudson River, New York, NY - United States of America Narrative: On a sightseeing flight and 8 minutes into the flight, about 350-400 feet above the Hudson River while on an approach to a landing, a twenty-inch part of the composite main rotor blade fractured from the rest of the main rotor blade. The pilot made an emergency autorotation and landed on the water after activating its' emergency float system. The EC130 landed upright on its floats and all passengers and crew escaped safely.
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New York City, Urban, NYC, Helipad, Heliport, Landing Pad, Heli Pad, Heli Port, Flat Spot, Airbus Helicopters H130, Turbo-shaft, Single Main Rotor, seven-seat, single-engine, light utility, Eurocopter EC130, fenestron tail-rotor, Civilian Helicopter, VTOL
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- TAHV03P10_01
- Title:
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Eurocopter EC130 B4, N453AE, head-on, Manhattan
- CN: 3487
Seats: 6
Engine: 1x Turbomeca ARRIEL 2B1
Accident report:
Date: 07/07/2007
Time: 16:51
Owner/operator: Liberty Helicopters Inc
C/n / msn: 3487
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location: Hudson River, New York, NY - United States of America
Narrative:
On a sightseeing flight and 8 minutes into the flight, about 350-400 feet above the Hudson River while on an approach to a landing, a twenty-inch part of the composite main rotor blade fractured from the rest of the main rotor blade. The pilot made an emergency autorotation and landed on the water after activating its' emergency float system. The EC130 landed upright on its floats and all passengers and crew escaped safely.
- Keywords:
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New York City, Urban, NYC, Helipad, Heliport, Landing Pad, Heli Pad, Heli Port, Flat Spot, Airbus Helicopters H130, Turbo-shaft, Single Main Rotor, seven-seat, single-engine, light utility, Eurocopter EC130, fenestron tail-rotor, Civilian Helicopter, VTOL
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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