Air Evac EMS, Inc. - Fatal accident

Date: 12/30/07 3:05 a.m. CST

Program: Air Evac EMS, Inc.
	P.O. Box 768 
	West Plains, Mo. 65775 
	

Type: BH206 LongRanger
Tail #: N109AE
Operator/Vendor: Own Part 135

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, Flight Nurse, and Flight Paramedic. Fatal injuries. No patient. 

Description: 
	The crew, based in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was requested to assist
	Colbert County, Ala., law enforcement officials who were involved in a
	search for a hunter who had gotten lost in a wooded area south of
	Barton in Colbert County. The aircraft went down after locating the
	hunter. The NTSB and FAA are currently onsite conducting an
	investigation.

Source: Seth Myers, Vice President of Operations

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