Originally Posted by
MikeNYC
There was a Mayday call reporting Engine Failure.
Yep, N350LH called a MAYDAY, then 'East River Engine Failure' on LGA Tower helo freq 126.05. The controller asked him to 'say again' a couple of times. The controller asked if he needed any assistance, one of the other helos said 'it was a MAYDAY La Guardia!'.
Sounds like the pilot climbed out and was on top of the inverted helicopter when a boat arrived from N355AG's radio report of the scene.
The MAYDAY call is about 5:15 into this liveatc.net clip:
http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kl...2018-2300Z.mp3
For some reason my web browser player seems to mark the same spot on the clip as 10:30 so check there if you can't find the engine failure report at 5:15.
Edited audio of the MAYDAY posted here:
https://clyp.it/wobx3yfk