- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 08, 2009 |
Time: | 1200 |
Location: | New York, New York |
Operator: | Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours / Private |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Sightseeing / Teteboro - Ocean City, NJ |
AC Type: | Eurocopter AS-350BA / Piper PA-32R-300 |
Registration: | N401lH / N71MC |
cn / ln: | 3059 / 32R-7680172 |
Aboard: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Midair collision between a sightseeing helicopter and Piper Saratoga. Both aircraft fell into the Hudson River after colliding. The private plane approached and hit the the helicopter at almost a 90 degree angle. Both were flying VFR. Six killed on the helicopter and 3 aboard the private plane. |
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