# Incident 20121019024449I: Agusta Spa A119, Dolan Springs, AZ, October 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2012, 22:15 local time
- Place: Dolan Springs, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IFJA
- Location: 35.8014° N, 114.5361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8014&lon=-114.5361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207CF-2022-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A119 (registry code 0260102, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a119) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6 series (registry code 52033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA SPA A119
- Reported engine: P&W PT6 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,727 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13IA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121019024449I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE SCENE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING TWO TOUR BUSES, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE CASUALTIES. AIRCRAFT WAS THE LAST OF MULTIPLE EMS HELICOPTERS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NORTHBOUND SHOULDER OF US HIGHWAY 93 (MILEPOST 20), ON A PORTION OF ROADWAY WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.  AIRCRAFT WAS FACING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.AFTER LANDING AND SHUTTING DOWN, THE CREW OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ADVISED BY ONSCENE COMMANDERS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE NEEDED FOR PATIENT TRANSPORT.THE CREW WAITED FOR OTHER EMS HELICOPTERS WHICH WERE CARRYING PATIENTS TO DEPART, PRIOR TO STARTING THIER AIRCRAFT.PRIOR TO BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT, A MEDICAL CREWMEMBER FROM THE AIRCRAFT HAD REQUESTED THAT THE ROADWAY BE KEPT CLOSED UNTIL THEY DEPARTED.AS THE PILOT WAS STARTING THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NEARLY READY FOR TAKEOFF, HE NOTICED THAT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC HAD BEEN RELEASED AND VEHICLES WERE DRIVING IN THE INSIDE (WEST) LANE OF THE HIGHWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT ROTOR BLADES WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE EASTERN CENTERLINE OF THE INSIDE LANE.WITHIN A FEW VEHICLES PASSING BY THE AIRCRAFT, A RENTAL TYPE MOVING TRUCK COLLIDED WITH THE TURNING ROTOR BLADES OF THE AIRCRAFT.THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE MEDICAL CREW CHECKED ON THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TRUCK DETERMINING THAT NOBODY HAD BEEN INJURED IN THE EVENT.UPON SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO ALL THREE BLADE TIPS.THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE BY GROUND TRANSPORT.IT APPEARS THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO THE ROTOR BLADES AND A FINAL DETERMINATION IS BEING MADE ,BY THE MANUFACTURE, AS TO THE EXTENT OF THE BLADE DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR13IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13IA020), Oct 20, 2012: Agusta A119 (N207CF), Dolan Springs, AZ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Insufficient clearance between a truck and the main rotor blades of a helicopter on the ground with the engine running because of the lack of on-scene coordination between the agencies that responded…

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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