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NTSB Record Lists One Dead, Two Seriously Injured in EC 130 T2 Accident Near Sacramento

The National Transportation Safety Board's accident record lists three people aboard an Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 operated by Reach Air Medical Services in an October 7 accident; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:33 a.m. ET
One person was killed and two were seriously injured when an was involved in an accident near Sacramento, California, at about 2:05 a.m. local time on October 7, 2025, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record remains open and the account may change. The NTSB record lists people on board, one fatality and two serious injuries, and states that the helicopter sustained substantial damage. The flight is classified in the record as a Part 135 commuter or on-demand operation, and the operator is listed as . The aircraft is identified in the record as . The cause has not been determined; the NTSB investigation is open. Aircraft registry records list as an , serial number 8909, powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine, built in 2021 and four years old at the time of the accident. The registry lists the registered owner as ; an owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to a flight. Company material published by REACH describes it as an air ambulance operator founded in 1987 and headquartered in Sacramento, operating under its own FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate (no. JBZA819S) with bases in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming, and as a subsidiary of Global Medical Response. Its Director of Operations, later described in a trade profile as Vice President and Air Chief Operating Officer, is named as Vicky Spediacci; the investigation has made no finding connecting that post-holder to this accident. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains four other cases involving the , of which one involved a fatality. That is a count only and says nothing about the cause of this accident. Weather observations recorded at Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC), 4.7 miles away and 12 minutes from the reported time, show calm wind, visibility of 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 60°F. The observation is an instrument reading and is not a statement about what happened. The NTSB investigation remains open.

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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
N414RX
Type
Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
Engines
SAFRAN ARRIEL 2D
Built
2021-01-01 (4 years old)
Registered owner
Reach Air Medical Services LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
52 ft
Nearest aerodrome
4.1 miles ESE of California Highway Patrol Academy Airport (60CL)

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Revision history

  1. Version 37 Aug 2026, 15:33current

    Added source URLs for the operator background and clarified the closing line on the open NTSB investigation.

  2. Version 25 Aug 2026, 21:19

    Removed an unsupported named company president and the settlement-elevation/nearby-aerodrome geography paragraph; clarified that the weather reading is a sensor observation and not a cause.

  3. Version 15 Aug 2026, 20:17

    First published.

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