41.4195° N, 74.0540° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Cornwall, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 16, 1995 · 17:20 local
Place
Cornwall, NY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
YC6A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N969YC
Reported as
Bell 222
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,400 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: while at cruise speed above hudson river aircraft experienced severe vibration. Pilot initiated immediate landing at cornwell marina without incident. Maintenance investigation revealed m/r blade top side dubler approx. 2' from blade tip separated and departed blade assembly. Further maintenance investigation revealed separation occurred at binding area.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WHILE AT CRUISE SPEED ABOVE HUDSON RIVER AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION. PILOT INITIATED IMMEDIATE LANDING AT CORNWELL MARINA WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED M/R BLADE TOP SIDE DUBLER APPROX. 2' FROM BLADE TIP SEPARATED AND DEPARTED BLADE ASSEMBLY. FURTHER MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEPARATION OCCURRED AT BINDING AREA.