# Accident 20060202004249A: Bell 206L1, Chesterfield, IN, February 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2006, 01:45 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 40.1111° N, 85.6039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1111&lon=-85.6039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N593AE-2010-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,865 total, 1,368 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060202004249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW WAS PAGED FOR A PATIENT TRANSFER FLIGHT AT 0131. DESTINATION WAS KOKOMO, IN TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN. THE PILOT LOOKED OUTSIDE FOR VISUAL CONDITIONS AND IT WAS A "LITTLE HAZY." HE THEN WENT BACK IN AND LOOKED AT THE RADAR, CHECKED KOKOMO AND ANDERSON WEATHER AND THEY WERE VFR. HE DID NOT CHECK THE AWOS AT ANDERSON. HE MENTIONED TO THE CREW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE HAZY SINCE THEIR LAST FLIGHT. THEY DEPARTED AT APPROX. 0139. AS THEY WERE CLIMBING THE PILOT STARTED SEEING WHIFFS OF CLOUDS. AS HE CLIMBED THROUGH 400-500' THE WEATHER WASN'T WHAT HE EXPECTED AND HE TOLD THE CREW HE WAS TURNING AROUND. HE MADE A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN BUT HAD NO VISIBLE HORIZON BY THIS TIME. HE WENT ON THE INSTRUMENTS BUT FELT THAT THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR WAS NOT MOVING AND COCKED OFF CENTER ABOUT 30 DEGREES. HE WAS IMC AND THEN REMEMBERS SEEING TWO HOUSES AND TRYING TO STEER BETWEEN THEM. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN CHESTERFIELD, IN APPROX. 1 MILE FROM THE ANDERSON REPORT.

## 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 CHI06LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA074), Feb 2, 2006: Bell 206L-1 (N593AE), Chesterfield, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after becoming spatially disorientated shortly after departure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight weather evaluation,…

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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