What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 19, 2013, at 1620 CDT, a Bell 206L-4, N467AE, registered to jp morgan chase bank and operated by air evac EMS, inc., experienced a power loss/hard landing short of the Helipad at air evac base AE-02 at Lake City, AR, while returning from transporting a patient. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the certificated pilot and cabin crewmembers were uninjured.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 19, 2013, AT 1620 CDT, A BELL 206L-4, N467AE, REGISTERED TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK AND OPERATED BY AIR EVAC EMS, INC., EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS/HARD LANDING SHORT OF THE HELIPAD AT AIR EVAC BASE AE-02 AT LAKE CITY, AR, WHILE RETURNING FROM TRANSPORTING A PATIENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND CABIN CREWMEMBERS WERE UNINJURED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.