This is some great footage of an HEMS wire strike during takeoff. Very unusual that none of the spotters on the ground or the PIC / crew were able to prevent this. Did they just forget it was there? Bad job hitting it, nice job bringing it back down in a safe manner. Thanks to [...]
An Air Evac Bell 206L-3 had to make a precautionary landing today after hitting a hawk while in flight. The crew were flying with a patient to Hillcrest hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma when the impact occurred. The hawk hit the tail section, embedding itself and created a noticeable dent in the airframe. The pilot elected [...]
The NTSB investigation in to the in-flight collision that killed two people in Weyers Cave has revealed a failure in the SkyWatch Traffic Collision Avoidance Device. The AirCare 5 helicopter crew has made statements that none of them were alerted to the presence of the Cessna 172H prior to impact. The system did, however, detect [...]
Unconfirmed reports are coming in that a medical helicopter based at Weyers Cave in Virginia has had a mid-air collision with a small plane. The helicopter was able to land but the plane crashed. A piece of the plane’s wing was found in a pond near the 800 block of Weyers Cave Road. No further [...]
N549AM, a 2007 AS350 B2 had a hard/crash landing today with initial speculation pointing to engine failure. Shortly after takeoff the HEMS crew of three came down hard on the landing pad about 10 miles west of Sedalia. The general consensus of the articles I’ve seen so far say the injuries were serious, but luckily [...]
I’ve linked below an interesting article related to the FAA’s discussions surrounding the mandatory use of cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in the HEMS industry. There are even talks of expanding that rule to include all part 135 and 91 operations. The cost? Well, the FAA is proposing a cheaper, easier to install [...]
