Helicopter crash New York City

[TwinHueyMan]

Originally Posted by helispotter

TheDoctorMedic has produced a good objective review of the accident examining possible causes:

We Absolutely Cannot Rule This Cause Out for the NYC Helicopter Tour Crash! - YouTube

Of note are the parallels he identified with the loss of the Air Evac Lifeteam Bell 206L-1 N114AE in Manchester, Kentucky in 2013 which was attributed to mast bumping:

Accident Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II N114AE, Thursday 6 June 2013

The only problem is that mast bumping was not mentioned even once in the final report on 114AE. The cause was the loss of control due to spatial disorientation which lead to an in-flight break up. It’s very misleading to say mast bumping caused 114AE and that because the transmission and rotor head look similar that 216MH was therefore caused by mast bumping. We have video proof that there was no IIMC and thus no spatial disorientation in New York so the accidents are not related.