What happened
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On July 22, 2010, approximately 1925 central daylight time, a Eurocopter as 350 B2, N918EM, owned and operated by eaglemed LLC, was destroyed upon impact with terrain near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. A post-crash fire ensued. The commercial pilot and one flight nurse were fatally injured. One paramedic flight nurse was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules (VFR) company flight plan was filed for the title 14 code of federal regulations part 91 positioning flight. The helicopter departed integris baptist medical hospital heliport (OK19), Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, at 1913 to pick up a patient in okeene, Oklahoma.a witness observed the helicopter as it was flying through a sparse tree line. He described the helicopter in a nose-high attitude with a rotational movement around the tail boom section. The tree line obscured his vision of the crash sequence. The helicopter's position was monitored using sky connect, configured to report a position about every five minutes. The last position report was given at 1919 when the helicopter was at 1,509 feet mean sea level, flying northwest at 131 knots. This last reported position was approximately 11 nautical miles southeast of the accident site.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 22, 2010, APPROXIMATELY 1925 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2, N918EM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY EAGLEMED LLC, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE FLIGHT NURSE WERE FATALLY INJURED. ONE PARAMEDIC FLIGHT NURSE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT. THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL HOSPITAL HELIPORT (OK19), OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, AT 1913 TO PICK UP A PATIENT IN OKEENE, OKLAHOMA.A WITNESS OBSERVED THE HELICOPTER AS IT WAS FLYING THROUGH A SPARSE TREE LINE. HE DESCRIBED THE HELICOPTER IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE WITH A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND THE TAIL BOOM SECTION. THE TREE LINE OBSCURED HIS VISION OF THE CRASH SEQUENCE.THE HELICOPTER'S POSITION WAS MONITORED USING SKY CONNECT, CONFIGURED TO REPORT A POSITION ABOUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES. THE LAST POSITION REPORT WAS GIVEN AT 1919 WHEN THE HELICOPTER WAS AT 1,509 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, FLYING NORTHWEST AT 131 KNOTS. THIS LAST REPORTED POSITION WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.
NTSB investigation
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