# Incident 20150129002559I: Bell 407, Clinton, OK, January 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2015, 21:11 local time
- Place: Clinton, OK
- Airport: Integris Clinton Regional Hosp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 35.5250° N, 98.9920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Integris Clinton Regional Hospital Heliport (5OK5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5250&lon=-98.9920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N495AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,638 total, 311 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150129002559I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2015 AIR EVAC EMS INC.  N495AE LOST TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN FLIGHT.  N495AE FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MINUTES BEFORE LANDING AT CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLINTON ,OK.  AFTER LANDING PILOT CONTINUED  TO RUN THE AIRCRAFT FOR A TWO MINUTE ENGINE COOL DOWN PERIOD.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURIES.  N495AE FERRIED TO GRANBURY, TEXAS FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS.

THE LAST DOCUMENTED MAINTENANCE WAS ON OCTOBER 29, 2014.  4640.2 FLIGHT HOURS.  AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT THE FLIGHT HOURS WERE 4738.2.   98.0 FLIGHT HOURS HAS PASSED SINCE THE LAST DOCUMENTED MAINTENANCE IN THAT AREA.

HOW OR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LOWER CHIP DETECTOR WAS NOT SEATED PROPERLY OR BECAME UNSEATED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Other reports on N495AE (2)

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

- [Incident 20131020019419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131020019419I), Oct 20, 2013: Bell 407 (N495AE), Cooperton, OK, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was cruise flight when he hit a bird. The bird entered the cabin through the left wind sheild. Pilot made a safe landing near the town of…
- [Incident 20130418005109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130418005109I), Apr 18, 2013: Bell 407 (N495AE), Waco, TX, Minor damage. According to the pilot, this lifeguard flight originated from west, Texas following a fertilizer plant explosion with multiple deaths and injuries. The pilot…

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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