Aircraft Accident Report - Midair Collision Over Hudson River, Piper PA-32R-300, N71MC, and Eurocopter AS350BA, N401LH, Near Hoboken, New Jersey, August 8, 2009
This animation consists of a two-dimensional (2-D) depiction of preliminary radar flight path information of the September 16, 2009 mid-air collision of a Piper 32 aircraft with a Eurocopter helicopter. The animation begins after the Piper’s departure from Teterboro airport, and continues until the collision. The radar ground tracks for both aircraft are displayed on a satellite photo illustration of the area.
Selected comments from the Teterboro and Newark air traffic control (ATC) preliminary transcript are displayed as text, and the animation audio consists of portions of the recorded air traffic control communications. The animation does not depict the weather or visibility conditions at the time of the accident.
ATC Communications
1550:02 LC lance one mike charlie radar contact say altitude
1550:05 N71MC seven mike charlie climbing out of four hundred
1550:08 LC lance one mike charlie roger traffic eleven o'clock and two miles northwest bound one thousand a helicopter
1550:13 N71MC seven one mike charlie lookin
1550:15 N9TD nine tango delta got em maintain visual
1550:17 LC helicopter nine tango delta thank you lance one mike Charlie the helicopter has you in sight
1550:22 N71MC thank you sir
1550:24 N9TD and nine t-d is comin up on georges
1550:26 LC helicopter nine tango delta taxiway juliet cleared to land
1550:29 N9TD cleared to land juliet nine t-d
1550:32 LC PHONE CALL BEGINS
1551:17 LC one mike charlie start a left turn to join the hudson river
1551:20 N71MC one mike Charlie
1551:59 LC beach one eight echo charlie teterboro tower taxi runway one nine cross (unintelligible breaking up noise) I'll tell you what cross one nine at kehbeck an taxi to one nine
1552:10 N218EC we'll ah taxi to one nine cross one nine at quebec
1552:19 LC lance one mike charlie contact newark tower one two seven point eight five
1552:20 N71 MC one two seven point eight seven on mike charlie
1552:21 EWRT hey teterboro Newark can you swith that guy maybe put him on a tw twenty heading to get hima away from that other traffic please
1552:28 LC say again Newark
1552:28 EWRT Can you switch that PA32
1552:33 LC (static) uh I did keep an eye on him though (static)
1552:36 EWRT I’m not talking to him so
1552:37 LC one mike Charlie Newark twenty seven eighty five
1552:41 LC (static) he's lost in the hertz try him again
1552:48 LC lance seven one mike charlie teterboro tower