# Accident 20000105005549A: Bell 206A, Weedsport, NY, January 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Weedsport, NY
- Airport: Whitfords Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0396° N, 76.5598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0396&lon=-76.5598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206GR-2002-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000105005549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5, 1999, AT 1400EST, A BELL 206A, N206GR, S/N 613, OPERATED BY AVIATION SERVICES UNLIMITED, INC., ON A POWERLINE PATOL ALONG ROUTE 31 IN THE TOWN OF BRITUS, NEW YORK, TRAVELING EAST BOUND APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH, AT APPROXIMATELY 100' AGL EXPERIENCED HIGH WINDS WHICH PUT AIRCAFT INTO A RAPID RIGHT ROTATION. THE PILOT, MR. CHESTER CICHON, STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WENT THRU 360 DEGREES AND DESCENDED INTO THE TREES.  HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER AND ACCELERATE INTO THE WIND WITH NO AVAIL AND STARTED TO NOSE DIVE.  THE PILOT THEN LOOKED FOR THE SAFEST SPOT TO LAND AND CUT POWER DESCENDIGN INTO THE TREES, "CORKSCREWING" DOWN TO THE GROUND.  THE WEEDSPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT, JORDAN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND CAYUGA AND ONODAGA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO IFR FLIGHT WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND THERE WERENO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PENN YAN, NY, ON JANUARY 5, 1999, AT APPROXIMATLEY 1200 EST.

## 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 IAD00LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA015), Jan 5, 2000: Bell 206A (N206GR), Brutus, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control after encountering a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.

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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