NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aviation attorney Keith Williams said it is wise to reserve judgment until the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) can determine what caused a medical helicopter to crash.
On November 8, 2025, a LifeFlight helicopter carrying three people left from a helipad near the Music City Executive Airport in Gallatin, Tennessee, when it crashed in a field in the 7100 block of Cairo Bend Road between Gallatin and Lebanon, Tennessee in Wilson County. One person died and two people were hospitalized. Thankfully, there were no patients on the helicopter at the time of the crash.
The helicopter was owned and operated by Air Methods LLC for the benefit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The aircraft was a 2015 Eurocopter EC 130T2 (Airbus Helicopters H130). The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation.
Preliminary ADS-B radar data shows that the helicopter proceeded south to an inflight altitude of 4,100 feet. About five minutes into the flight, the helicopter entered a 180-degree turn back towards the airport. Two minutes later, the helicopter was 1.90 miles south of the airport when it entered a descending right-hand turn towards an open field. The helicopter struck the top of a tree and impacted terrain. There was no post-crash fire.
“Since there are very few details right now, it’s difficult to determine how the crash occurred,” Mr. Williams says. “I suggest that we should hold off on making any unfounded assumptions about what happened.”
In addition to his practice, Mr. Williams is the Past Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Aviation Litigation Section, and he is a member of the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. Mr. Williams is also a member and past president of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
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