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NTSB Investigating Bell 206L-4 Helicopter Accident Near Chapmansboro, Tennessee

The accident record lists substantial damage to the helicopter, with zero people on board and no fatalities; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:14 a.m. ET
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident involving a helicopter near Chapmansboro, Tennessee, on April 30, 2026, at about 7:06 a.m. local time, according to the accident record. The investigation is open and this account is based on the record as it stands. The accident record lists the aircraft as registration and states that it sustained substantial damage. It lists zero souls on board and zero fatalities. The record classifies the flight as a Part 135 commuter or on-demand operation. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records describe as a single-engine turboprop helicopter, serial number 52413, powered by a Rolls-Royce 250-C30P engine, built in 2010 and 16 years old, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Air Evac EMS Inc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Weather observations recorded at KJWN (John C Tune Airport), 16.8 miles away and 26 minutes from the reported time, show calm wind, visibility of 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 50°F. Geographic reference data places Chapmansboro in Cheatham County, Middle Tennessee, at a terrain elevation of 427 feet for the settlement itself, 0.8 miles southeast of Whifferdill Airport (TN77) and 5.3 miles west of Powder Mill Field (91TN). As a matter of record only, and saying nothing about the cause of this accident, NTSB records list five other cases involving the same registered owner of record: ERA25LA027, N54AE, a Bell 206L-1 at Canal Winchester, Ohio, on October 27, 2024; CEN24FA094, N295AE, a Bell 206 at Hydro, Oklahoma, on January 21, 2024, with 3 fatal; CEN23LA350, N288AE, a Bell 206 at Carthage, Illinois, on August 6, 2023; CEN20LA113, N32AE, a Bell 206 at Clark, Missouri, on March 5, 2020; and ERA19LA152, N395AE, a Bell 206 at Dublin, Georgia, on April 15, 2019. For the type, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 3 other cases involving the , of which 0 involved a fatality. That count is not a safety rate and bears on nothing in this case.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N409AE
Type
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 — single-engine turboprop helicopter
Engines
ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
Built
2010-01-01 (16 years old)
Registered owner
Air Evac Ems IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
427 ft
Nearest aerodrome
0.8 miles SE of Whifferdill Airport (TN77)

Sources

No sources recorded.

Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 13:14current

    Corrected the bearings between Chapmansboro and the nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data (0.8 miles southeast of Whifferdill Airport, 5.3 miles west of Powder Mill Field) and clarified that the 427 ft elevation is that of the settlement.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 16:05

    First published.

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