What: Paul P. Dudley Bell 206B JetRanger
Where: East River, New York, NY
When: Oct 4, 2011
Who: 5 aboard, 1 fatality
Why: The Bell 206B JetRanger was en route with five people aboard when it took off to about 25 feet above ground, and spun, then crashed for an unknown reason upside down into the East River. The flight had just taken off from the riverbank launch pad. Two people were injured, one was missing. Four individuals were rescued from the water, including the pilot. While the helicopter was submerged, rescuers searched for the fifth passenger, Sonia Marra Nicholson, but did not find her until it was too late. The chopper had sunk 50 feet into the water. Nicholson had been visiting New York on the occasion of her 40th birthday.
THe passengers who were rescued were Nicholson’s partner Helen Tamaski, her mother Harriet Nicholson and her stepfather Paul Nicholson, all of whom are in stable condition at Bellevue and New York University Hospitals. Paul and Harriet Nicholson live in Portugal but are British citizens. Sonia Marra Nicholson and Helen Tamaski lived in Australia.
The pilot Paul Dudley also survived. The passengers were close personal friends. He manages the Linden, N.J., airport.
Rescuers included police officers who where on hand, running a drill on the East River, and who, still in uniform, jumped in to assist passengers.
NTSB briefing today at 5:00 PM (EDT) on investigation of helicopter accident in New York City
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WASHINGTON – NTSB Board Member Mark Rosekind will brief the news media on the NTSB investigation into yesterday’s East River helicopter accident.
The briefing will be held at 5:00 PM EDT today at the
accident site.
NTSB Press Contact: Terry Williams (on-scene in New York)
202-557-1350
williat@ntsb.gov
What: Southeast Aviation DeHavilland Beaver
Where: Ketchikan AK
When: March 13, 2012
Who: Two injured
Why: Alaska State Troopers have identified the two men, 64-year-old Ketchikan pilot Ernest Robb and 56-year-old Vancouver passenger Murray Richardson, injured in the float plane crash in the Niblack Mine area 30 miles SW of Ketchikan near Prince of Wales Island
Responders included Alaska State Troopers, Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad, Temsco Helicopters, and Guardian Flight Services after a Good Samaritan vessel spotted the wreckage off the beach. Guardian flight services first flew the injured men to Ketchikan Peace Health Medical Center then to Seattle’s Harbor View Medical Center. Initial investigation revealed that weather conditions were zero visibility with heavy snow, factoring into the accident.
What: Cirrus
Where: Katowice International Airport southern Poland
When: Nov 13, 2011
Who: 2 men and 2 women were aboard
Why: After takeoff, the plane disappeared 4.3 miles from the airport.
The wreckage was found in Zyglinie Forest at 8:20 pm. The four passengers all in their late forties and early fifties, died in the crash.
What: A three-seater plane, a 1969 fixed-wing Champion Citabria en route from the Watsonville Municipal Airport in Wilton (Sacramento county.)
Where: crashed on Mount Hamilton near San Jose
When: Saturday 04/18/2009 at 0705
Who: Pilot and passenger
Why: The plane at an elevation of about 400 feet on Saturday flew into Mount Hamilton. The pilot and passenger were killed. The reason for the accident has not been determined. The Citabria was registered to Jeff Blanton, of Sacramento, and owned by Blanton and David Hartley.
The plane WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN ALERT NOTICE ISSUED on 4/19
Didn’t mention this all together yesterday but it was a bad day (or two) for helicopters.
On Mar 19
On Mar 21
