Accidents
AW109 Crashes Atop New York Skyscraper in Rain and Fog
Pilot, the sole occupant, is killed when an AW109E makes a hard landing and catches fire atop New York office tower

Weather could play into the likely causes of this afternoon’s fatal crash of a 2000 model year Agusta A109E, N200BK, onto the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper. Pilot Timothy J. McCormack, 58, the sole occupant aboard, was killed when the light twin helicopter made what was characterized as a “hard landing” atop the 54-story AXA Equitable Center on West 51st Street and burst into flames.