19921211053819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK117B1 · Aqsila, AZ · December 11, 1992

Date
December 11, 1992 · 11:20 local
Place
Aqsila, AZ
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RMXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N214AE
Reported as
Bolkms BK117B1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
145 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Medical ambulance drove under helicopter to unload patient. Helicopter rotor blade struck ambulance antenna.

As the FAA filed it

MEDICAL AMBULANCE DROVE UNDER HELICOPTER TO UNLOAD PATIENT. HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE STRUCK AMBULANCE ANTENNA.