# Accident 20040420012859A: Bell 206L1, Boonville, IN, April 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2004, 23:40 local time
- Place: Boonville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 38.1442° N, 87.3131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1442&lon=-87.3131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137AE-2008-06-18) (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
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,846 total, 649 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040420012859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 20, 2004, AT 2340 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL 206L-1, N137AE, OPERATED BY AIR EVAC LIFETEAM, COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN DURING A MEDIVAC FLIGHT. THE PATIENT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT, PARAMEDIC, AND NURSE, ON BOARD WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED. THE 14 CFR PART 135 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS RECEIVING COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED ITS BASE AT WASHINGTON, INDIANA, AND FLEW TO HUNTINGBURG, INDIANA, WHERE THE PATIENT WAS BOARDED. THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF THE HELICOPTER WAS THE DEACONESS HOSPITAL (16IN) IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

## 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 CHI04FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA107), Apr 21, 2004: Bell 206L-1 (N137AE), Boonville, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning/decision which resulted in his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, his diverted attention, and…

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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