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I agree that (given the info we have to work with here), that's the likely cause of the accident. I was making an assumption in my comment which I should have stated explicitly: From the video it appears there was a period of time in which the pilot had adequate visual reference to safely...

Declaring the emergency is an admission that you're in trouble and it totally changes your mind set. Plus you get a lot of help right away. Yeah, he could have just gone back to the departure helipad...if he still knew where he was. In this situation it's my opinion that the emergency option...

If true (since it's only "word on the street at this point"), declaring an emergency probably would have saved the pilot's life. With the reported pilot experience, he must have known what fequency to use, or was already monitoring it.

Weather at LaGuardia was also IMC (ceiling 800 feet, visibility 1-1/2 miles) near time of accident. I believe rotorcraft have the same VFR minimums as fixed wing for this situation (does anyone know different?). If the post about pilot not having instrument rating is accurate, that would put VFR...

My TSIO360FB had this exact failure a few months ago. Luckily, it did not happen in flight. We ended up replacing the fuel pump before discovering the faulty diverter valve. If you have the optional primer system -- get this done right away!