Plane Crash List

Cessna U206G N5328X

22 July 1983 · Brooklyn, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 July 1983 at about 12:40 local time, a Cessna U206G registered N5328X, operated by Waterfront Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident near Brooklyn, New York, United States. 6 people were on board and 4 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 12:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Coordinates
40.6806, -74.0109
Aircraft
Cessna U206G
Registration
N5328X
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Waterfront Airways, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Atlantic High → Manhattan
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC83FA188

People

4 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 4 2 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A CESSNA U206G FLOAT PLANE, N5328X, & A BELL 206A POLICE HELICOPTER, N4797R, COLLIDED IN FLT OVER BROOKLYN, NY. THE AIRCREW OF THE POLICE HELICOPTER WERE ON A TRAFFIC OBSERVATION FLT & HAD JUST REPORTED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF A TOLL STATION WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THE FLOAT PLANE WAS ARRIVING ON AN AIR TAXI FLT TO THE WALL STREET AREA OF MANHATTAN, NY. A SURVIVING PASSENGER OF THE FLOAT PLANE SAID IT WAS IN A LEFT TURN WHEN SHE SAW THE HELICOPTER, JUST PRIOR TO THE MID-AIR COLLISION. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED THRU THE ROOF OF AN UNOCCUPIED GARAGE BUILDING. THE FLOAT PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, WOBBLING SIDE-TO-SIDE, & CRASHED IN THE EAST RIVER. THE 2 REAR SEAT PASSENGERS EGRESSED BEFORE THE PLANE SANK. THE PLT & FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WERE INJURED & DROWNED. DIVER'S BELIEVED THAT NEITHER OF THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE USING THEIR SHOULDER HARNESSES. THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S SHOULDER HARNESS WAS FOUND STOWED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Cessna U206G U206G N5328X Waterfront Airways, Inc. Destroyed
Bell 206A 206A N4797R - Destroyed

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no coordinates
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