# Incident 20070410015429I: Bolkms BK117A4, Norfolk, VA, April 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2007, 00:27 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Sentara Norfolk General Hospit
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8617° N, 76.3048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL (VA88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8617&lon=-76.3048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401DC-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 (registry code 5626013, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117A4
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070410015429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 10, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0027 LOCAL, A BK-117 HELICOPTER, N401DC, A PUBLIC USE HELICOPTER (DARE COUNTY MED FLIGHT) THAT WAS ON A PATIENT TRANSFER, ARRIVED AT NORFOLK HOSPITAL. THE HELICOPTER ARRIVED IN A HIGH HOVER OVER THE UPPER PAD. THE PILOT BEGAN TO MAKE A RIGHT PEDAL TURN. THE VERTICAL FIN OF THE BK-117 CONTACTED A MAIN ROTOR BLADE OF A PARKED EC-135 N303PH. UPON CONTACT THE PILOT REVERSED DIRECTION OF PEDAL TURN AND MOVED AWAY TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DUE TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION WITH A PARKED HELICOPTER, HIS COMPETENCY IS IN QUESTION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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