# Incident 20040813018609I: Bolkms BK117B2, Tulsa, OK, August 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2004, 10:32 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: St Francis Hospital Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 36.0749° N, 95.9187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Francis Hospital Heliport (4OK3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0749&lon=-95.9187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62LF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040813018609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TATOM DEPARTED THE SOUTH HELIPAD AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL ON A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT. DURING THE FLIGHT BOTH PILOT AND MECHANIC HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IMMEDIATELY ON THE NORTH PAD AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL. THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO ALL FOUR MAIN ROTOR BLADES. PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO CONDUCT A FINAL PREFLIGHT INSPECTION PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

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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