# Accident 20080608857639A: Bell 407, Huntsville, TX, June 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2008, 02:47 local time
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 30.6308° N, 95.5639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6308&lon=-95.5639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N416PH-2016-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: RROYCE 250C47B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080608857639A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED HEAVILY FORESTED AREA IN THE SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL FOREST, NEAR HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT, FLIGHT NURSE, FLIGHT PARAMEDIC, AND PATIENT WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE HUNTSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT 0246 AND WAS EN ROUTE TO HERMAN MEMORIAL HELIPAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS.  ACCORDING TO COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING DATA THE HELICOPTER POWERED UP FOR FLIGHT AT 0244:11 AND DEPARTED THE HOSPITAL AT 0246:56.  THE LAST COORDINATES RECORED WERE 0237.  THE HELICOPTER WAS AT AN ALTITUDED OF 1,016 FEET MEAN SEAL LEVEL AND TRAVELING AT A GROUNDSPEED OF 106 KNOTS.  THE CALCULATED DIRECTION OF FLIGHT WAS 170 DEGREES.  THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO REPORT IN AT 0300.  NO TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED.  INFORMATION REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT ARE BEING SHARED WITH AFS, AIR AND HEMS TO STUDY ACTIONS TO MITIGATE FUTURE EMS ACCIDENTS.

## 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 DEN08FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA101), Jun 8, 2008: Bell 407 (N416PH), Huntsville, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent, which resulted in its impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the limited outside visual reference due to the dark…

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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