A helicopter pilot and a small aircraft pilot reported a near midair collision over the hudson river...

Attributes
ACN	1447142
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 74 Flight Crew Total 2605 Flight Crew Type 1200
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 409 Flight Crew Type 228
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 20 Vertical 10

Narrative:

Checked in with lga at 1.5 north on hudson for a tour; lga informed pilot of traffic ahead helicopter 1.5 northbound and traffic behind 1 mile 1.5 northbound. Pilot informed lga that he has traffic ahead insight and would maintain visual; also informed lga that he would look for traffic behind in the upcoming turn. Shortly later pilot checked out from lga. Immediately after checking out pilot looks left just before initiating turn and sees fixed wing fly by... Same alt 20 feet off left hand side.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot and a small aircraft pilot reported a NMAC over the Hudson River.

Narrative: Checked in with LGA at 1.5 north on Hudson for a tour; LGA informed pilot of traffic ahead helicopter 1.5 northbound and traffic behind 1 mile 1.5 northbound. Pilot informed LGA that he has traffic ahead insight and would maintain visual; also informed LGA that he would look for traffic behind in the upcoming turn. Shortly later pilot checked out from LGA. Immediately after checking out pilot looks left just before initiating turn and sees fixed wing fly by... same alt 20 feet off left hand side.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.