Accident to the Airbus EC130 registered N254DM on 06/05/2023 at Carta Valley

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United States authorities:

During private flight, passenger "departed the aircraft".

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General information
Local date	06/05/2023
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	North America - United States - Texas
Location	Carta Valley
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2023-0158

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	United States (Barnyard)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC130
Aircraft Registration	N254DM
State of registry	United States
Last departure point
Planned destination
Flight phase
Serial number	9211
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.