Accident · 2003-01-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-01-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-1 (N27AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Evac EMS, Inc. Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
The excessive descent rate that required an abrupt flare, resulting in the main rotor severing the tailboom.
Source: NTSB case CHI03LA062Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.