# Accident 20191225019869A: Bell 407, Headland, AL, December 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2019, 17:20 local time
- Place: Headland, AL
- Airport: Headland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 2VKA
- Location: 31.3642° N, 85.3125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3642&lon=-85.3125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N663SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N663SF) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,455 total, 380 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191225019869A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING THE PILOT OF A HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AS REPORTED BY THE MEDICAL FLIGHT CREW.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE TWO MEDICAL FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED AND REMOVED THE PILOT FROM THE WRECKAGE.  ON SCENE EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID WAS INITIATED.  THE PILOT WAS DECLARED DECEASED  AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA20FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA056), Dec 25, 2019: Bell 407 (N663SF), Headland, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation by a sudden cardiac event related to severe coronary artery disease, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control.

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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