EMS Pilot Gale "Butch" Alleman

Last Mission: Mon, Oct 7th, 2024

Date of Incident: Mon, Oct 7th, 2024

Cause of Death: Aircraft Accident

Service Time: Not Known

Age: Not Known

Incident

Air Evac 133 (based in Williamsburg, Kentucky) crashed as they prepared to land to pick-up a patient in Owenton, Kentucky. The crash occurred just before 6:00 p.m. near a landing zone often used by local EMS units to transfer patients to air medical for long distance urgent transport. The site was just off of Kentucky Highway 22 south of Owen County High School.

EMS Pilot Alleman perished in the crash along with Flight Paramedic James Welsh and Flight Nurse Bethany Aicken.