Around 1 p.m., we were walking south down Second Avenue, thinking about how many women wear football jerseys on Sundays when.... we heard a commotion! It sounded like an accident. Then we saw what had happened. An air conditioner fell out of a window from an apartment above the Moonstruck Diner at Fifth Street... Thankfully, it landed on the Moonstruck awning... Based on eyewitness accounts, we think this is what happened. This happened just one block to the north ... and almost one year to the date of another AC accident, though that one was far more serious. Related reading at Runnin' Scared from July: How Often Do Air Conditioners Fall Out of NYC Windows and Kill People?NEW YORK (CBS 2) — An air conditioner plunged from a building and slammed onto a man who was just walking below in Manhattan Tuesday morning. Tony Franzese, 67, was walking his dog around 8:30 a.m. as he did every morning. That’s when an air conditioner fell out of a 6th floor window at 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street and landed on an awning — apparently bouncing off and hitting Franzese in the head.

Franzese suffered a severe head laceration and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Carmen Barreto lived in the building for 38 years and told CBS 2’s Mark Morgan her son helped clean blood off the victim. “He was very upset and nervous. He said ‘Ma, the air conditioner fall down onto the head’ and I said ‘My God he must be dead’,” she explained. “He sits here with the dog. He has a little glass of wine. He’s friends with the owner of the place here, and he’s a very nice man,” said resident Rachel Costa. “I heard the crash, like the boom bam bam…I looked over and see the air conditioner rolling and the guy like stumbling trying to get up..and he went to try and get his dog..he was more concerned about the dog than anything,” witness Rashaan Betts said. One tenant told Morgan that the resident in question told her, in his words, “the window just flew open.” CBS 2 also learned that inspectors for the city’s Department of Buildings found that the air conditioner was not supported properly.

A violation was issued to the owner of the building — Zenon Chernyk — for failing to properly maintain the building.  Chernyck was told to make sure all air conditioning units were immediately secured with metal brackets or the units would be removed.Will the Air Conditioner Fall out of the Window? Window air conditioners are designed to sit in an open window while supplying cool air to the room. Correctly installed portable air conditioners will not fall out of a window. Units installed incorrectly could possibly fall out of the window to the ground below. Sitting in the Window Air conditioners are set in the window with a slight angle so the unit leans backwards for the water to drain out the backside. On top of the air conditioner unit is a top mounting rail. The window closes on the backside of the rail to hold the unit in place. When the window is closed, the unit is somewhat secure in place. Securing the Air Conditioner The air conditioner installation kit has accordion inserts for the left and right side of the unit that open up so that each accordion meets the side of the window frame.

The accordion inserts attach to the unit by sliding the accordion into the slide on the side of the unit. Inserts attach to the window frame with screws. If the accordion inserts cannot be secured with screws, tape can be used to hold the inserts against the window frame.how to clean ac unit filter Once the accordions are secure and the window is closed down on the top mounting rail as far as it will close, the window locking bracket is screwed onto the top of the window and the window frame to prevent the window from opening. starter for ac unitIf the window frames are vinyl and you don't want to make holes in the frame, a board the size of the opening from the top of the window to the top window frame can be put in place to prevent the window from opening accidentally.split ac system sizing

Air conditioners differ in size and weight. If you have a 12,000 British Thermal Unit (BTU) air conditioner and feel the weight will be too much for your specific window assembly, you can use a mounting bracket that the air conditioner sits on while in the window. Mounting brackets attach to the windowsill with screws and have a brace that sits against the side of the house on the outside. GE Appliances: Room Air Conditioners Home Depot: Installing a Window Air Conditioner Harmful Effects of Window Unit Air Conditioners. Window-mounted air conditioner units provide relief from summer heat for almost any room in the... To install and secure a window air-conditioner all you need is a screwdriver and the installation kit provided with your AC unit.... If you turn your air conditioner on high and cold air does not blow out, you know you have a problem. They are an energy-efficient and inexpensive... How to Properly Install an Air Conditioner How to Install a Window AC in a New Home Without the Outside Sill

Brackets to Secure a Window Air Conditioner How to Secure an AC Window Unit How to Mount Brackets for Window Air ConditionersCrane malfunction at Sapir’s 261 Madison sends shipping container-sized load free falling May 31, 2015 01:22PM A crane at the corner of East 38th Street and Madison Avenue snapped on Sunday, dropping its load some 30 stories and leaving at least 10 people with injuries. The crane was lifting an air conditioning unit to the roof of the Sapir Organization’s 261 Madison Avenue when a cable snapped at 10:50 a.m., police told the New York Daily News. The massive shipping container-sized air conditioning unit crashed into parts of the building as it fell. Fearing that the façade of the building may collapse from the damage, officials evacuated several streets along Madison from 37th to 39th streets, according to the New York Post. In a statement, Mayor de Blasio said the injured were “primarily pedestrians.” Apparently no one was seriously hurt.