Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 N516MT

Summary

On 31 August 2010 at about 00:20 local time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 registered N516MT, operated by Med-Trans Corp, was involved in an incident near Marion, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 August 2010 at 00:20

Classification

Incident

Location

Marion, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Smyth County Community Hospita (VG41)

Coordinates

36.8522, -81.5144

Aircraft

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407

Registration

N516MT

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Med-Trans Corp

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marion → Wytheville

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

ERA10IA459

Nobody was injured.

The cardiac impairment of the pilot during a positioning flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a positioning flight shortly after takeoff, the pilot began to have chest pains and he informed the on-board medical crew that he would be returning to the departure heliport. He landed uneventfully at the heliport and was then airlifted by a company helicopter to a hospital in Tennessee for medical treatment.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.