# Incident 20090408004769I: Bell 206L3, Vick, TX, April 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2009, 01:00 local time
- Place: Vick, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 31.3410° N, 100.0920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vick, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3410&lon=-100.0920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N295AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,982 total, 7,353 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09IA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09IA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090408004769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 8, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 0035 CDT, N295AE DEPARTED BRADY, TEXAS TO TRANSPORT A PATIENT TO SAN ANGELO, TEXAS.  TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS REVEALED THE LEFT VERTICAL WINGLET ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS MISSING RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE.  NTSB RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OPERATOR FOR REPAIRS.

## 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 CEN09IA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09IA254), Apr 8, 2009: Bell 206 (N295AE), Vick, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Undetermined.

## Other reports on N295AE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240120000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240120000769A), Jan 20, 2024: Bell 206L-3 (N295AE), Hydro, OK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On Saturday, January 20, 2024, a Bell long ranger 206 helicopter was returning to home base after a patient transfer . Approximately 25 minutes into the flight…

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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