# Accident 20080629854481A: Bell 407, Flagstaff, AZ, June 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2008, 15:47 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 35.2008° N, 111.6342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2008&lon=-111.6342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N407GA-2008-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C47
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,241 total, 1,229 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08MA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08MA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080629854481A

## Narrative

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

BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE INBOUND TO FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER AND COLLIDED IN MIDAIR 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF HOSPITAL HELIPAD.  THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS WHERE EACH HELICOPTER WOULD BE TURNING FINAL FROM OPPOSING BASE LEGS AT APPROXIMATELY 300-400' AGL.  THERE WERE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN EACH AIRCRAFT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DISPATCH OFFICES, EACH AIRCRAFT AND THE MEDICAL CENTER, AND BETWEEN BOTH COMPANY DISPATCH OFFICES ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO RECORDED CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO AIRCRAFT.  INFORMATION REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ACCIDENT ARE BEING SHARED WITH AFS, AIR, AND HEMS TO STUDY ACTIONS TO MITIGATE FUTURE EMS ACCIDENTS.

## 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 DEN08MA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08MA116), Jun 29, 2008: Bell 407 (N407GA), Flagstaff, AZ, destroyed, 7 fatal. Probable cause: Both helicopter pilots’ failure to see and avoid the other helicopter on approach to the helipad. Contributing to the accident were the failure of N407GA’s pilot to follow flight arrival route…

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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