# Incident 20100706038189I: Messerschmi BK 117 B-1, Beatrice, NE, July 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2010, 08:00 local time
- Place: Beatrice, NE
- Airport: Beatrice Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 40.3013° N, 96.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEATRICE MUNI (BIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3013&lon=-96.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1 (registry code 5626012, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bk-117-b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MESSERSCHMI BK 117 B-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTS-101 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100706038189I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY JULY 6, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:00 CDT, N155SC, MBB-BK117-B1, OPERATED BY AIR METHODS CORPORATION WAS ENROUTE AT 2,500 FEET, FROM BRYAN LGH WEST HOSPITAL (47NE), LINCOLN, NE, TO MARYSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MARYSVILLE, KS, TO PICK UP A PATIENT.  THE HELICOPTER DIVERTED TO BEATRICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BEATRICE, NE, DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  THE HELICOPTER LANDED SAFELY WITH THE PILOT AND 2 MEDICAL PERSONNEL UNINJURED.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE STANDBY ELECTRICAL DIRECTIONAL GYRO.

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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