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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 · Richmond, KY · March 21, 2023

Date
March 21, 2023 · 11:27 local
Place
Richmond, KY
Airport
Central Kentucky Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EVCA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N473AE
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C30P
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total125 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 21, 2023, at 1233HRS EDT, a bht 206 L-4, while being used for helicopter air ambulance operations, had to accomplish a precautionary landing (pl) at Central Kentucky Regional Airport (rga) due to a possible crew member illness. While transporting a patient from baptist health hospital to university of Kentucky medical center, PIC became unresponsive and operated the aircraft in a careless and reckless manner so as to endanger life and/or property and was implored by the flight medical crew to land at the closet airport. On March 22, 2023, at 0849HRS CDT, ch notified the FAA the PIC had failed a department of transportation (dot) privacy data omitted and appears to have had operated the aircraft in an privacy data omitted state. AAM-830 will take over investigation and eir process.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 21, 2023, AT 1233HRS EDT, A BHT 206 L-4, WHILE BEING USED FOR HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE OPERATIONS, HAD TO ACCOMPLISH A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING (PL) AT CENTRAL KENTUCKY REGIONAL AIRPORT (RGA) DUE TO A POSSIBLE CREW MEMBER ILLNESS. WHILE TRANSPORTING A PATIENT FROM BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITAL TO UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER, PIC BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CARELESS AND RECKLESS MANNER SO AS TO ENDANGER LIFE AND/OR PROPERTY AND WAS IMPLORED BY THE FLIGHT MEDICAL CREW TO LAND AT THE CLOSET AIRPORT. ON MARCH 22, 2023, AT 0849HRS CDT, CH NOTIFIED THE FAA THE PIC HAD FAILED A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND APPEARS TO HAVE HAD OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATE. AAM-830 WILL TAKE OVER INVESTIGATION AND EIR PROCESS.