20040821020899A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 407 · Battle Mountain, NV · August 21, 2004

Date
August 21, 2004 · 23:50 local
Place
Battle Mountain, NV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JL9A
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2YN
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA04MA167
Reported as
Bell 407
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5
Pilot’s flight hours
9,022 total176 in this make and model46 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.

(-23) EMS helicopter departed bam hospital transporting an infant and mother to washoe medical center in reno Nevada. Aircraft impacted Mountain peak at approx. 8,600 feet MSL.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EMS HELICOPTER DEPARTED BAM HOSPITAL TRANSPORTING AN INFANT AND MOTHER TO WASHOE MEDICAL CENTER IN RENO NEVADA. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUNTAIN PEAK AT APPROX. 8,600 FEET MSL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.