# Accident 20070728018549A: Bell 206L1, Marks, MS, July 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2007, 01:57 local time
- Place: Marks, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 34.2419° N, 90.2731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2419&lon=-90.2731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90AE-2008-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,833 total, 775 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070728018549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0157 LOCAL TIME, N90AE, AN EMS HELICOPTER OPERATING UNDER PART 135, CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF. STATEMENTS FROM THE CREW INDICATE THAT THE HELICOPTER STARTED SPINNING SEVERAL TIMES TO THE RIGHT. THE REVOLUTIONS SLOWED MOMENTARILY, FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPM, EVENTUALLY CRASHING. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE, PINNING THE PARAMEDIC. THE FLIGHT NURSE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE HELICOPTER OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE. THE FLIGHT NURSE ASSISTED THE PILOT IN EXITING THE HELICOPTER. FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO EXTRACT THE PARAMEDIC AND PATIENT FROM THE HELICOPTER.

## 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 DFW07LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA171), Jul 28, 2007: Bell 206L-1 (N90AE), Marks, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of control and hard landing as result of the loss of tail rotor effectiveness. A contributing factor was the prevailing dark night conditions.

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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