# Incident 20040722024379I: Bolkms BK117B1, St. Augustine, FL, July 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2004, 14:57 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117US-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1 (registry code 5626012, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bk-117-b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117B1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,500 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/20040722024379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE RESPONDING TO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERTS ROAD AND SR 13 NEAR SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL, AIR AMBULANCE, N117US, A BK-117 OPERATED BY CJ SYSTEMS (TRAMA ONE OF JACKSONVILLE, FL) LANDED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SMALL ROADWAY SIGN. THE HELICOPTER'S ROTOR WASH CAUSED THE SIGN TO OSOLATE BACK AND FORTH TO A POINT WHERE THE SIGN "BRUSHED" THE TIPS OF THE ROTOR BLADES, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N117US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050814021129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050814021129A), Aug 14, 2005: Bolkms BK117B1 (N117US), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed roof top pad at shands hospital Jacksonville FL. Shortly after takeoff the pilot heard a loud noise and lost power in number 1 engine.…

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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