# Accident 19991101037269A: Bell 206B, Cottage Grove, MN, November 1, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1999, 10:45 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CPGA
- Location: 44.8101° N, 92.9198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8101&lon=-92.9198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N565KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N565KS-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991101037269A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 1, 1999, AT 1045 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELL 206B, N565KS, OPERATED BY ELMO AIR CENTER, INCORPORATED WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN IN COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND COMMERCIAL RATED PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SOUTH SAINT PAUL MUNICIPAL-RICHARD E. FLEMING FIELD (SGS), SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1040, EN ROUTE TO AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GREENBAY, WISCONSIN. THE MAIN WRECKAGE AREA WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF SGS IN A HARVESTED CORN FIELD WITH EAST-WEST ROWS.  THE MAGNETIC HEADING OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS 014 DEGREES.  APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET FORWARD OF THE AIRCRAFT ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 017 DEGREES, THERE WERE TWO HOLES WITH TWO PARALLEL RECTANGULAR GROUND SCARS.  EACH GROUND SCAR HAD A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 207 DEGREES.  THE EASTERNMOST GROUND SCAR WAS 3 FEET IN LENGTH AND 4 INCHES IN WIDTH.  THE WESTERNMOST RECTANGULAR GROUND SCAR WAS 1 FOOT 6 INCHES IN LENGTH AND FOUR INCHES IN WIDTH.  BOTH GROUND SCARS WERE SEPARATED BY A D ISTANCE OF 7 FEET 2 INCHES. TWO C-SHAPED GROUND SCARS, 3 AND 4 FEET IN LENGTH, WERE LOCATED BETWEEN AND TO THE EAST OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TWO PARALLEL GROUND SCARS. THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT EXHIBITED A 45-DEGREE FRACTURE(-23) THE INTENDED FLIGHT WAS FROM SOUTH ST. PAUL, MN. TO GREEN BAY, WI. IT WAS TO RELOCATE THE A/C SO THAT COMMERICAL OPERATIONS COULD BE CONDUCTED AT GREEN BAY. THE A/C CRASHED APPROX. 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SOUTH ST. PAU. THE CRASH SITE IS AT COTTAGE GROVE, MN. A RURAL AREA APPROX. 6 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTH ST. PAUL AIRPORT. THE A/C WAS DESTROYED BY THE CRASH AND FIRE. BOTH OCCUPANTS, THE PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER, WERE INJURED FATALLY. THERE IS NO KNOWN COMMUNICATION WITH THE A/C DURING THE FLIGHT. THE A/C WAS NOTON AN FAA FLIGHT PLAN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA020), Nov 1, 1999: Bell 206B (N565KS), Cottage Grove, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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