# Incident 20200605006779I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, Louisville, KY, June 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2020, 14:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N490AE) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,158 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200605006779I

## Narrative

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

6/5/2020 N490AE DEPARTED FROM BASE AE017 PAOLI, IN, EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE EN ROUTE TO NORTON CHILDREN?S HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY WITH A PATIENT ON BOARD. PILOT SQUAWKED 7600 AND OCC CONTACTED LOUISVILLE APPROACH. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE INTENDED DESTINATION.

## Other reports on N490AE (1)

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

- [Accident 20231017012299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231017012299A), Oct 17, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 (N490AE), Mitchell, IN, Substantial damage. On October 17, 2023 at approximately 1050 eastern standard time a Bell helicopter was enroute (1,000 AGL) back to base from iu methodist, Indiana, when a large…

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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