The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the midair collision between a Eurocopter AS 350 VA (N401LH) and a Piper PA-32R-300 (N71MC) that crashed over the Hudson River near Hoboken, New Jersey on Saturday, August 8, 2009. Both pilots were certified to fly. All nine people died in total. Six on the helicopter and three on the airplane.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board it states that the helicopter departed West 30th Street Heliport (JRA), New York, New York, for a sightseeing tour at 11:52 A.M. The airplane departed at Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey, at 11:49 A.M. and the airplane was heading to Ocean City Municipal Airport (26N), Ocean City, New Jersey.
On Saturday, August 8, 2009 the day of the accident, Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower staff consisted of five controllers and at the time of the accident, the tower was staffed with two controllers.
At 1148:30, the Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower controller cleared the airplane for takeoff on frequency 119.50.
Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower controller told the pilot of the Piper PA-32R-300 and the pilot of Eurocopter AS 350 BA to remain at or below 1,000 feet. The Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower did not told neither of the aircrafts of other airplanes in the radar. The Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower controller was engaged in a phone call and it wasn't business related. Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower tried to contact the pilot of the Piper PA-32R-300 and the pilot never responded back.
The helicopter pilot was giving some passengers some sight seeing. Then, when the helicopter went mid-river west of the heliport and climbing through 400 feet. The helicopter turned southbound to follow the Hudson River. The helicopter continued climbing southbound until 1153:14, when it and the airplane collided at 1,100 feet.
The Eurocopter AS 350 BA (N401LH) was recovered on Sunday, August 8, 2009 and the Piper PA-32R-300 (N71MC) on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. The wreckage went to a facility in Delaware.
Victims 9 dead total (7 bodies found)
Giacomo Gallazzi, 15
Favio Gallazzi, 49
Michele Norelli, 51
Filippo Norelli- 16
Steve Altman, 60
Daniel Altman, 49
Jeremy Clark
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