# Accident 20080831850339A: Bell 206L1, Greensburg, IN, August 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2008, 13:21 local time
- Place: Greensburg, IN
- Airport: Greensburg-Decatur County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 39.3322° N, 85.6203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3322&lon=-85.6203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37AE-2008-11-12) (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 250C30P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,493 total, 1,915 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831850339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/31/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 N37AE, A BELL 206-11 HELICOPTER, REGISTERED TO AIR EVAC EMS INC, DEPARTED A PUBLIC RELATIONS EVENT AND CRASHED A SHORT TIME LATER.  ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT A HOSPITAL IN RUSHVILLE, IN.  WEATHER WAS VMC.  THE AIRCRAFT AS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI08FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA269), Aug 31, 2008: Bell 206L-1 (N37AE), Greensburg, IN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a main rotor blade due to a fatigue failure of the blade spar, rendering the helicopter uncontrollable, and the manufacturer's production of main rotor blades with latent…

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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