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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK117B1 · Rising Sun, IN · December 31, 2007

Date: December 31, 2007 · 16:04 local
Place: Rising Sun, IN
Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: RMXA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N117AP
Reported as: Bolkms BK117B1
Reported engine: Lycoming LTS101750B1
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total500 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The messerschmitt BK-117 helicopter, N117AP, being operated by omniflight helicopters inc. was on a 14 CFR part 135 VFR flight from the university of cincinnati to an off airport landing site near Rising Sun, Indiana to pick up a patient that had been involved in an atv accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. While on approach to the landing site, the pilot noticed the loss of rpms to his number two engine for undetermined reasons. A successful single-engine landing was accomplished with no damage to the aircraft or injuries to its occupants near the original landing site.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE MESSERSCHMITT BK-117 HELICOPTER, N117AP, BEING OPERATED BY OMNIFLIGHT HELICOPTERS INC. WAS ON A 14 CFR PART 135 VFR FLIGHT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI TO AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING SITE NEAR RISING SUN, INDIANA TO PICK UP A PATIENT THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE LANDING SITE, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LOSS OF RPMS TO HIS NUMBER TWO ENGINE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A SUCCESSFUL SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO ITS OCCUPANTS NEAR THE ORIGINAL LANDING SITE.