# Incident 20160807014149I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, Mesquite, TX, August 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2016, 16:28 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE METRO (HQZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 (registry code 1181455, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-206l-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total, 1,479 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160807014149I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2016,  A BELL 206L4 OPERATED BY AIR EVAC WAS EN ROUTE FROM A SCENE FLIGHT SOUTHEAST OF TERRELL AIRPORT (KTRL) TO THE DFW AREA. THE FLIGHT PATH FROM THE SCENE TO THE DFW AREA WAS DIRECTLY OVER MESQUITE AIRPORT (KHQZ), ONCE IT CLEARED THE TERRELL AIRPORT AREA THE PILOT, CONTACTED MESQUITE TOWER AND

REQUESTED TO TRANSITION THE CLASS D AIRSPACE AND FLY DIRECTLY OVER THE

AIRPORT. MESQUITE TOWER APPROVED THAT ACTION AND TOLD THE PILOT TO REPORT

ONE MILE EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED, AND STARTED TO CONTACT

OPERATIONS CENTER TO UPDATE THE FLIGHT PLAN. WHILE DOING THAT , THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE CHIP LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT AMENDED HIS

REQUEST WITH ATC AND ASKED FOR IMMEDIATE LANDING ON THE FBO RAMP DUE TO THE CHIP LIGHT. PILOT DID NOT

DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. TOWER CALLED 911

AMBULANCE / FIRE AS A PRECAUTION. LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO INCIDENT. MESQUITE TOWER ASSISTED IN CONTACTING AN AMBULANCE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PATIENT TRANSPORT BY GROUND.

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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