# Incident 20221111018489I: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2, Nashville, TN, November 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2022, 16:53 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N891GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N891GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 (registry code 1145302, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-ec-130-t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D (registry code 60080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130 T2
- Reported engine: SAFRAN ARRIEL 2D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221111018489I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING AN HAA PATIENT TRANSFER TO ST. THOMAS WEST IN NASHVILLE, TN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES WEST OF NASHVILLE, TN A MEDIC SMELLED WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS BURNED OIL.  SHORTLY FOLLOWING THE SMELL, THE PIC RECEIVED AN INTERMITTENT RED MAIN GEAR BOX PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE CAUTION/WARNING PANEL.  THE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF.  APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS LATER THE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AGAIN.  THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH ON THEN OFF WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.  THE PIC DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOLF COURSE 3.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE HOSPITAL.  AT THE TIME OF LANDING THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON STEADY AND THERE WAS A STREAM OF OIL RUNNING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO OIL VISIBLE IN THE MAIN GEAR BOX OIL SIGHT GLASS.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DURING THE FLIGHT.  NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY WAS NOTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT NOR WAS THERE ANY ASSOCIATED INJURIES.

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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