N490AE is a 2006 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4. It is a rotorcraft with 5 seats, powered by a Rolls-Royc 250-C30P rated at 650 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in O Fallon, MO. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Aug 2006. It has been registered to its current owner since Apr 2011. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 20 years old
- 1 of 103 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4
2011
2006
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The air medical flight departed from a hospital and was enroute to the operator’s base of operation. About 30 minutes after departure, while in cruise flight, at an airspeed of about 109 kts and an altitude of about 1,058 ft above ground level, the helicopter encountered a bird strike with a black vulture (Coragyps atratus). A heavy vibration ensued, and the pilot performed an off-airport landing to a field. The helicopter sustained substantial damage, which was a bent pitch change link for the main rotor system, from the bird strike. There was no mechanical malfunction/failure of the helicopter that would have precluded normal operations.
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