# Accident 20071203828419A: Urocop BK117C1EURO, Whittier, AK, December 3, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2007, 17:15 local time
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EHAA
- Location: 60.8097° N, 148.5553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8097&lon=-148.5553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N141LG-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter DTCHLND GMBH BK117C1 (registry code 8680975, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-dtchlnd-gmbh-bk117c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP BK117C1EURO
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1E2
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 120 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071203828419A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 12/8/2007, THE CREW OF AN ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD PAVE HAWK HELICOPTER FOUND AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE AND HUMAN REMAINS THAT WASHED UP ON THE NORTH SHORE OF PASSAGE CANAL, WHICH LEADS INTO WHITTIER, ALASKA. THE AIR AMBULANCE HELICOPTER, OPERATED BY EVERGREEN HELICOPTERS, VANISHED MONDAY EVENING, 12/3/2007, ABOUT 40 MINUTES INTO A SCHEDULED 90-MINUTE FLIGHT BETWEEN CORDOVA, ALASKA AND PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. ONBOARD THE HELICOPTER WERE THE PILOT, A PARAMEDIC, A FLIGHT NURSE AND A PATIENT. A DOOR, PART OF THE DEBRIS RECOVERED, WAS IDENTIFIED BY AN FAA INSPECTOR AS THE AFT LEFT SLIDING DOOR FOR A BK 117 HELICOPTER. IT APPEARS THAT THE DOOR BROKE OFF THE HELICOPTER DURING IMPACT WITH THE WATER AND/OR GROUND. ADDITIONALLY, TWO FLIGHT HELMETS AND NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WERE FOUND. ON 12/09/2007, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FROM THE DOWNED HELICOPTER WAS FOUND ALONG THE SHORE OF PASSAGE CANAL. STILL MISSING ARE THE PILOT, THE PARAMEDIC AND THE PATIENT. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC08FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA025), Dec 3, 2007: Eurocopter Deutschland BK117C1 (N141LG), Whittier, AK, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into night instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were the operator's failure to adhere to an FAA-approved and mandated safety…

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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