# Incident 20160415004469I: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, Meriden, CT, April 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2016, 15:45 local time
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Airport: Meriden-Wallingford Hospital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 41.5480° N, 72.8004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD HOSPITAL (CT95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5480&lon=-72.8004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145HH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145HH) (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)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1E2 (registry code 60035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1e2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1E2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 750 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160415004469I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 15, 2016 AT ABOUT 15:45, N145HH OPERATED BY AIR METHODS CORPORATION, WAS ON APPROACH TO MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER'S HELICOPTER PAD IN MERIDEN CONNECTICUT WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE HYDRAULIC ACCESS DOOR ON THE TOP OF THE CABIN HAD OPENED IN FLIGHT AND CONTACTED THE ROTOR BLADES.

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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