# Incident 20140804015049I: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Arley, AL, August 4, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2014, 21:53 local time
- Place: Arley, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 34.0762° N, 87.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arley, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0762&lon=-87.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N258AE) (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 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 250HP
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,329 total, 970 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140804015049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON SCENE TO AIR EVACUATE INJURED PATIENT WHILE USING NVG'S. UPON DEPARTURE HOVER, PILOT TURN ROTORCRAFT NORTH. AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR STRUCK TREE LIMBS ON CLIMB OUT. PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY GROUND CREW OF THE STRIKE AND LANDED THE ROTORCRAFT SAFELY APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS AWAY IN AN OPEN FIELD.

## Other reports on N258AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20170228007779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170228007779I), Feb 28, 2017: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N258AE), Eagle Pass, TX, Minor damage. On February 28, 2017 at approximately 19:55 a Bell BHT-206-L1 helicopter, N285AE operated by air evac inc. had a small electrical fire and smoke in 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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