# Incident 20140607009269I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Arvada, WY, June 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2014, 09:49 local time
- Place: Arvada, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 44.6622° N, 106.1420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arvada, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6622&lon=-106.1420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,565 total, 165 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140607009269I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/07/2014 ON HWY 14/16, NORTH EAST OF ARVADA WY, A BHT 407 HELICOPTER, N189AM, OPERATED BY AIR METHODS CORPORATION, HAD AN EMPTY AMBULANCE GURNEY ROLL INTO THE MOVING TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY.  THE HELICOPTER HAD LANDED PERPENDICULAR AND ON THE CENTER OF THE ROAD (CROWN). NO ONE RETAINED POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE GURNEY DURING THE PATIENT TRANSFER FROM THE GURNEY TO THE HELICOPTER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE GURNEY ROLLED TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR.  THE GURNEY WAS SENT INTO THE DITCH.  PIECES OF THE DAMAGED TAIL ROTOR BLADES AND GURNEY TRAVELED FORWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGING THE TAIL BOOM, ELEVATOR AND FUSELAGE AND STRIKING ONE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS (EMS) GROUND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL.

THE INJURED EMS RESPONDER WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT ABDOMINAL AREA WHICH CAUSED BRUISING.  THE RESPONDER WAS EVALUATED BY THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND HELD OVERNIGHT NIGHT (LESS THEN 24 HRS) FOR OBSERVATION AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND RELEASED THE NEXT MORNING.

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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