# Incident 20251230018569I: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Yukon, OK, December 30, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2025, 18:50 local time
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Airport: Sundance
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 35.6018° N, 97.7062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNDANCE (HSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6018&lon=-97.7062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 400HP
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,635 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251230018569I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N43AE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20141009020399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141009020399I), Oct 9, 2014: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N43AE), Danville, KY, Substantial damage. A company mechanic who was run qualified by air evac was conducting an after maintenance run up check of the aircraft on the ramp outside the hangar. Weather…

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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