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NTSB Investigating Air Methods EC 130 T2 Accident Near Evergreen, Alabama; Three Seriously Injured

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

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:51 a.m. ET
people aboard an helicopter were seriously injured in an accident near Evergreen, Alabama, at about 9:10 p.m. local time on February 22, 2026, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists people on board, serious injuries and no fatalities, and states that the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The matter is developing and the investigation is open. The accident record identifies the aircraft as and the operator as , and classifies the flight as a Part 135 commuter or on-demand operation. The cause has not been determined. The NTSB is investigating. Aircraft registry records list as an , described in the registry as a single-engine turboprop helicopter with a Turbomeca Arriel 2D engine, serial number 8005, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Air Methods Corp; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Company and trade material describes Air Methods as a privately held air medical transport company headquartered in the Greenwood Village/Englewood area of Colorado, operating over 450 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from roughly 275 bases in 48 states under a single FAA Part 135 certificate, and as the operator of the LifeSaver air ambulance program in Alabama, which opened a base at Evergreen Medical Center. The company was acquired by American Securities in 2017, filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 in late October 2023 and completed its restructuring in December 2023, when ownership passed to lenders and noteholders, with certain new owners investing approximately $185 million of new capital. Air Methods announced Robert Hamilton as chief executive officer effective January 13, 2025, with Jeff Moore as chairman of its board, and has named Cory Theriot as vice president of safety and risk management and Alan Einisman as vice president and chief compliance officer. The investigation has made no finding connecting any of them to this accident. Weather observations recorded at Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton Field (KGZH), 5. miles away and 17 minutes from the reported time, show wind from 330 degrees at 7 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 44°F. Geographic reference data places Evergreen in Conecuh County, Alabama, at a settlement elevation of 292 feet, 5. miles east-northeast of that airport. The observation is a measurement and is not a statement about what happened. As a matter of record, NTSB files list five other cases involving the same operator: N404LL, a Bell 407, at Las Vegas, Nevada on December 15, 2025; N107VU, an , at Lebanon, Tennessee on November 8, 2025, with one fatality; N955AL, a Eurocopter EC135, at Whittier, Washington on September 24, 2025; N279AM, an AS350B3, at Las Cruces, New Mexico on August 9, 2025; and N880SL, an MBB BK 117, at Hartford, Illinois on April 25, 2025. The NTSB database, which begins in 2008, also contains six other cases involving the , of which involved a fatality. Those records say nothing about the cause of this accident.

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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
N237SH
Type
Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 — single-engine turboprop helicopter
Engines
TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D
Registered owner
Air Methods CorpThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
292 ft
Nearest aerodrome
5.3 miles ENE of Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton Field (KGZH)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:51current

    Corrected the bearing between Evergreen and KGZH (settlement lies east-northeast of the airport), used the registry's own wording for the aircraft configuration, noted the weather reading is a measurement, and added source URLs for the owner background.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 16:55

    First published.

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