# Accident 20081013850119A: Bell 407, Sedona, AZ, October 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2008, 15:18 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AZ0M
- Location: 34.9056° N, 111.8744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9056&lon=-111.8744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42AZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09TA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09TA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013850119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PARAMEDIC ASSISTED SEDONA FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH SEARCH AND RESCUE TO TWO LOST HIKERS.  HIKERS WERE FOUND, AND DPS BELL 407 ATTEMPTED RESCUE OF THE HIKERS.  THE MALE HIKER WAS BOARDED ONTO THE HELICOPTER WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE PARAMEDIC WAS ASSISTING THE FEMALE HIKER INTO THE HELICOPTER WHEN HIS HEAD WAS STRUCK BY THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE.

## 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 WPR09TA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09TA012), Oct 13, 2008: Bell 407 (N42AZ), Sedona, AZ, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The paramedic's failure to monitor and maintain clearance from the rotating main rotor blades after exiting the helicopter.

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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