# Incident 20230321002719I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, Richmond, KY, March 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2023, 11:27 local time
- Place: Richmond, KY
- Airport: Central Kentucky Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 37.6315° N, 84.3324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL KENTUCKY RGNL (RGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6315&lon=-84.3324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473AE) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 125 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230321002719I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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