# Accident 20130606014989A: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Manchester, KY, June 6, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2013, 23:15 local time
- Place: Manchester, KY
- Airport: Air Evac Manchester Pad
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 37.1328° N, 83.7564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1328&lon=-83.7564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114AE-2015-05-06) (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-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C28 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,877 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130606014989A

## Narrative

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

AT 2315 HOURS ON 6/6/2013, AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT, APPROXIMATELY 750 FROM THE OPERATOR'S HOME BASE HELIPORT, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THAT HELIPORT.  A CREW OF THREE WAS ON BOARD (PILOT, FLIGHT NURSE, AND FLIGHT MEDIC) AND ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES ON IMPACT.  THE MAIN WRECKAGE BURNED AFTER IMPACT.  THE MAIN ROTOR GROUP, CONSISTING OF THE MAIN ROTOR, MAST, TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION MOUNTS, AND UPPER DECK OF THE FUSELAGE, WERE LOCATED ABOUT 320 FEET FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE, ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH AND PRIOR TO THE MAIN WRECKAGE IMPACT POINT.  ADDITIONALLY, THE TAIL BOOM GROUP, CONSISTING OF THE TAIL BOOM, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX, AND TAIL ROTOR, WERE FOUND AT A POINT ABOUT 300 FEET FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE AND PERPINDICULAR TO THE FLIGHT PATH.  ADDITIONALLY, THE LOWER HALF OF ONE MAIN ROTOR PITCH CHANGE LINK WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TAIL BOOM GROUP.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.  UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME ARE:  TOTAL AIRFRAME HOURS, OPERATIONAL FACTORS, AIRCRAFT PARTS INVOLVEMENT.  ALSO UNKNOWN IS FAA RESPONSIBILITIES OF AIRWORTHINESS AND FAR CHANGE NEEDED.

NOTE:  PILOT DATE OF HIRE WITH OPERATOR WAS 2/11/2013.

## 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 ERA13FA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA273), Jun 7, 2013: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N114AE), Manchester, KY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of helicopter control due to spatial disorientation when he inadvertently encountered night, instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the…

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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