# Incident 20250116000419I: Bell Textron Canada Ltd 407, Irvine, KY, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 18:15 local time
- Place: Irvine, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 37.6964° N, 83.9683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Irvine, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6964&lon=-83.9683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606AH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N606AH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182215, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4 (registry code 54236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47e-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL TEXTRON CANADA LTD 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47E/4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,510 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116000419I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT WITH A LOUD HOWLING NOISE. PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN IRVINE, KY. PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES TO THE 3 PERSONS ON BOARD AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INITIAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT REVEALED A  CRACKED ENGINE EXHAUST STACK MOUNT FLANGE, BROKEN ENGINE VENT TUBE AND BROKEN ENGINE CABLE CLAMP.

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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