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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 · Eden Prairie, MN · June 17, 2015

Date
June 17, 2015 · 13:30 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
15MA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N145MC
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total600 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While enroute from fairmont to hennepin county medical center, the helicopter experienced smoke in the cabin, which was alerted by the medical crew.

The pilot turned off the air conditioning and diverted into Flying Cloud Airport (kfcm) uneventfully.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENROUTE FROM FAIRMONT TO HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, THE HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN, WHICH WAS ALERTED BY THE MEDICAL CREW.

THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING AND DIVERTED INTO FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (KFCM) UNEVENTFULLY.