| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 16, 1977 |
| Time: | 1735 |
| Location: | New York, New York |
| Operator: | New York Helicopter |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Pan Am building - JFK Airport |
| AC Type: | Sikorsky S61L |
| Registration: | N619PA |
| cn / ln: | 61427 |
| Aboard: | 25 (passengers:22 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:4 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 1 |
| Summary: | While passengers were loading aboard the helicopter on top of the Pan Am building, the landing gear collapsed causing the helicopter to tip on its side. Four people, waiting to board the craft were killed by the rotating blades. One of the blades tore loose and struck a window breaking in two. One-half of the blade then sailed two blocks striking and killing a pedestrian, 800 feet below the heliport. Fatigue failure of the upper right forward fitting of the right main landing gear tube assembly. The fatigue originated from a small surface pit of undetermined source. |
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