One of the Maryland State Police AS365 Dauphins had a tail rotor strike during takeoff around 11 pm Thursday night (sorry for the delayed update, I’ve been in Chicago the last few days so catching up.) The helicopter, which is normally based at the Andrews Air Force Base, had just dropped off two patients at [...]
Recent storms forced a family living in a remote, mountainous region of Maryland to evacuate their mobile home for a safer location. They managed to get out last Friday but the man then returned to clear the driveway of snow and take care of their animals. The drifting snow conditions prevented him from making it [...]
According to a new FAA preliminary report, a 1991 Aerospatiale AS365 N2 Dauphin operated by Air Methods hit a wire with its tail boom during landing. The damage is reported as minor and there were no injuries to the three people on board at the time. The incident occurred yesterday in Edgerton, Ohio. The aircraft’s [...]
A surfer had become stranded on some rocks near the Cliff House restaurant in San Francisco, California today. It appears he was pulled out to the area and couldn’t make it back, perhaps due to the currents and undertow. The fire department received the call about the man at 11:39am and by around 12:15pm the [...]
