# Accident 20241007013869A: Bell 206L-3, Owenton, KY, October 7, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2024, 17:30 local time
- Place: Owenton, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 38.5241° N, 84.8124° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5241&lon=-84.8124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N230AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N230AE-2024-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L-3
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,638 total, 7,791 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241007013869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WITH ONE PILOT, A FLIGHT NURSE, AND FLIGHT MEDIC. WHILE ENROUTE TO THE LANDING ZONE ESTABLISHED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, THE AIRCRAFT MAIN ROTOR STRUCK A GUY WIRE ATTACHED TO A TRANSMISSION TOWER. THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THE FUSELAGE SECTION BECAME INVERTED AND FELL TO THE GROUND, IMPACTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THE TOWER IN THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. 3 SOULS ON BOARD SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 ERA25FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA005), Oct 7, 2024: Bell 206L-3 (N230AE), Owenton, KY, destroyed, 3 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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