# Incident 20140808022789I: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, Lacrosse, WI, August 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2014, 06:30 local time
- Place: Lacrosse, WI
- Airport: Lacrosse Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 43.8793° N, 91.2566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA CROSSE RGNL (LSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8793&lon=-91.2566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N906GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 (registry code 5626002, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-mbb-bk-117-c-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140808022789I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 07, 2014 ABOUT 2000 HOURS CST, A MBB- BK-117 C2, N906GL REGISTERED TO GUNDERSEN  LUTHERN MEDICAL CENTER, HAD THE RIGHT SIDE HYDRAULIC COWLING OPEN IN FLIGHT AND WAS STRUCK BY THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, NURSE, MEDIC AND A PATIENT MAY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE ONCOMING PILOT ON 8/8/2014.

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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