# Incident 19940201024269I: Bolkms BO105S, Caro, MI, February 1, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1994, 21:25 local time
- Place: Caro, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AYUA
- Location: 43.4893° N, 83.4017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caro, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4893&lon=-83.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2907T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2907T-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105S
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 96 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940201024269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: OMNIFLIGHT HELICOPTERS, INC. PROVIDED PILOT COUNSELING AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT INCLUDED FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN SNOW. THE PILOT WAS ON A ROUTINE MEDIVAC FLIGHT FOR THE CARO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT HAVE AN APPROVED HELIPAD AND PREVIOUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED USING A FIELD ACROSS THE STREET AS THE DESIGNATED LANDING AREA. THE HOSPITAL RECENTLY DESIGNATED A PORTION OF A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY AREA ON HOSPITAL PROPERTY FOR HELICOPTER LANDINGS, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT TO USE THE NEW LANDING SITE. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH-DOWN THE PILOT WAS ADVISED BY HOSPITAL PERSONNEL TO LAND AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION ON HOSPITAL GROUNDS. USING THE GROUND AS A REFERENCE TO MAINTAIN POSITION, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED A HOVER APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL AT THE ORIGINAL LANDING SITE WHILE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF LANDING AT THE ALTERNATE SITE. DURING THE HOVER AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SNOW WAS BEING BLOWN BY THE ROTORS WHICH PARTIALLY OBSCURED THE PILOT'S VIEW OF THE GROUND. WHILE HOVERING, A PARAMEDIC CREW MEMBER GRABBED THE PILOT'S ARM AND ADVISED HIM TO WATCH OUT FOR A LIGHT POLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HELICOPTER. THE PARAMEDIC'S ACTIONS STARTLED THE PILOT AND CAUSED HIM TO MOMENTARILY REDIRECT HIS ATTENTION FROM OUTSIDE AND LOSE HIS POINT OF REFERENCE. THE HELICOPTER DRIFTED AND STRUCK AN ALUMINUM PORTION OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR THE HOSPITAL PARKING AREA. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HELICOPTER DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE ROTOR BLADES. THE PARAMEDIC HIT HIS HELMET ON THE LEFT WINDOW FRAME DURING THE INCIDENT AND UNDERWENT PRECAUTIONARY TESTING AS AN OUTPATIENT BEFORE BEING RELEASED BY THE HOSPITAL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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